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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2005
Kerry D. Tedrow, Folsom, CA (US);
Dung Nguyen, Folsom, CA (US);
BO LI, Folsom, CA (US);
Rezaul Haque, Folsom, CA (US);
Ahsanur Rahman, Rancho Cordova, CA (US);
Saad P. Monasa, Sacramento, CA (US);
Matthew Goldman, Terre Haute, IN (US);
Kerry D. Tedrow, Folsom, CA (US);
Dung Nguyen, Folsom, CA (US);
Bo Li, Folsom, CA (US);
Rezaul Haque, Folsom, CA (US);
Ahsanur Rahman, Rancho Cordova, CA (US);
Saad P. Monasa, Sacramento, CA (US);
Matthew Goldman, Terre Haute, IN (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A multi-level cell memory device performs a read by providing a stepped voltage waveform on a wordline, and comparing cell currents to a substantially constant reference current. Prior to the application of the stepped voltage waveform, the wordline may share charge with another circuit node.