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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Chia-Hsing Chen, Hsinchu, TW;
Cheng-Jye Liu, Taoyuan Hsien, TW;
Assignee:
Macronix International Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 1/604 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 1/604 ;
Abstract
A coding method of a multi-level cell, applied to a programming operation of a multi-level memory cell. The multi-level memory cell can store n bits and has 2 levels with respect to 2 codes. Each code is constructed with n bits. In the coding method, a code to be stored is provided. According to a relationship between the code and level, the multi-level memory cell has a specified level for corresponding code to be stored. The relationship is a correspondence between the 2 codes and the 2 levels. Two codes corresponding to any neighboring two levels has only a one-bit difference.