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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2006
Applicants:
Konrad Seidel, Dresden, DE;
Uwe Augustin, Dresden, DE;
Inventors:
Konrad Seidel, Dresden, DE;
Uwe Augustin, Dresden, DE;
Assignee:
Infineon Technologies Flash GmbH & Co. KG, Dresden, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/04 (2006.01); G11C 16/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method is provided for programming a block of memory cells of a non-volatile memory device. A first group of memory cells of the block of memory cells is selected. At least one programming pulse is programmed into all memory cells of the first group. A threshold level is detected for each one of the memory cells of the first group only. The first group of memory cells is verified by comparing each one of the detected threshold levels with predefined target levels provided for each one of the first group of memory cells.