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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2022
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Kishore Kumar Muchherla, San Jose, CA (US);
Junwyn A. Lacsao, Folsom, CA (US);
Jeffrey S. Mcneil, Nampa, ID (US);
Violante Moschiano, Avezzano, IT;
Paing Z. Htet, Union City, CA (US);
Sead Zildzic, Folsom, CA (US);
Eric N. Lee, San Jose, CA (US);
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Abstract
Control logic in a memory device selects two or more blocks of a plurality of blocks to concurrently scan during a scan operation. The control logic can further cause a first voltage to be applied to a dummy word line of each block of the two or more blocks to selectively couple a string of memory cells in each block of the two or more blocks to a different sense amplifier of a set of sense amplifiers coupled with the plurality of blocks. The control logic can cause a second voltage to be applied to a selected word line of each block of the two or more blocks to read a bit stored at a respective memory cell of the string of memory cells in each block out to the set of sense amplifier.