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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2005
Applicants:
Yu-shen Lin, Taipei, TW;
Hsien-wen Hsu, Sanchong, TW;
Inventors:
Yu-Shen Lin, Taipei, TW;
Hsien-Wen Hsu, Sanchong, TW;
Assignee:
Macronix International Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A nonvolatile memory array is associated with counting memory that stores data on a number of times a particular threshold state is reached in the associated nonvolatile memory. The aging physical characteristics of the nonvolatile memory can be compensated by adjusting the operating conditions of the nonvolatile memory. The operating conditions vary depending on the data stored in the counting memory.