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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2005
Fabrice Paillet, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Ali Keshavarzi, Portland, OR (US);
Muhammad M. Khellah, Tigard, OR (US);
Dinesh Somasekhar, Portland, OR (US);
Yibin YE, Portland, OR (US);
Stephen H. Tang, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Mohsen Alavi, Portland, OR (US);
Vivek K. DE, Beaverton, OR (US);
Tanay Karnik, Portland, OR (US);
Fabrice Paillet, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Ali Keshavarzi, Portland, OR (US);
Muhammad M. Khellah, Tigard, OR (US);
Dinesh Somasekhar, Portland, OR (US);
Yibin Ye, Portland, OR (US);
Stephen H. Tang, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Mohsen Alavi, Portland, OR (US);
Vivek K. De, Beaverton, OR (US);
Tanay Karnik, Portland, OR (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of programming a memory array is provided, including accessing a plurality of word lines of the memory array by providing a plurality of voltage steps sequentially after one another to the respective word lines, and accessing a plurality of bit lines of the memory array each time that a respective word line is accessed, to program a plurality of devices corresponding to individual word and bit lines that are simultaneously accessed, each device being programmed by breaking a dielectric layer of the device, accessing of the bit lines being sequenced such that only a single one of the devices is programmed at a time.