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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2024
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Taehyun Kim, San Jose, CA (US);
Brian Kwon, San Jose, CA (US);
Dong Kyo Shim, Milpitas, CA (US);
Kwang Ho Kim, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Erwin E. Yu, San Jose, CA (US);
Fulvio Rori, Boise, ID (US);
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Abstract
Control logic in a memory device initiates a program operation to program one or more memory cells of a first sub-block of a memory array, the program operation including a seeding phase. During the seeding phase, a first wordline voltage is caused to be applied to a first wordline segment associated with a first portion of the memory array. During the seeding phase, a second wordline voltage is caused to be applied to a second wordline segment associated with a second portion of the memory array, where the first wordline voltage and the second wordline voltage cause a seeding bias voltage to be applied to the first sub-block group and inhibit application of the seeding bias voltage to the second sub-block group.