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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2003
Applicant:
Inventors:
Edward Hsia, Saratoga, CA (US);
Darlene Hamilton, San Jose, CA (US);
Kulachet Tanpairoj, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Mimi Lee, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Alykhan F. Madhani, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Yi He, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 1/604 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 1/604 ;
Abstract
A method of programming and reading a dual cell memory device. The method includes storing a selected program level in each cell and reading one of the cells to determine a single data value stored by the memory device.