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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2024
Applicant:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Inventors:
Yuan He, Boise, ID (US);
Yang Lu, Boise, ID (US);
Dong Pan, Boise, ID (US);
Kang-Yong Kim, Boise, ID (US);
Assignee:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/406 (2006.01); G11C 11/4076 (2006.01); G11C 11/408 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/4076 (2013.01); G11C 11/40622 (2013.01); G11C 11/4085 (2013.01); G11C 11/406 (2013.01);
Abstract
A value associated with a number of accesses of a word line and a length of said accesses may be stored on said word line. A timer may provide a periodic signal that increments a counter to update the value. The updated value may then be written back to the word line. In some examples, a memory device including the word lines may have a specification that prevents the word line from closing prior to writing the updated value to the word line.