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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2004
Applicants:
Jonathan C. Lueker, Portland, OR (US);
Richard L Coulson, Portland, OR (US);
Inventors:
Jonathan C. Lueker, Portland, OR (US);
Richard L Coulson, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Briefly, voltages to write a memory cell are adjusted if the memory cell is determined to be imprinted. In one embodiment, a positive voltage not including zero is applied to one of a bit line and a word line and a negative voltage not including zero is applied to another of the bit line and the word line to write a specified logic state to an imprinted memory cell. Neighboring cells do not receive disturb voltages in excess of a disturb voltage threshold.