The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Jun. 22, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2007
Yan Polansky, Ramat Gan, IL;
Avi Lavan, Yokneam-Elit, IL;
Yan Polansky, Ramat Gan, IL;
Avi Lavan, Yokneam-Elit, IL;
Saifun Semiconductors Ltd., Netanya, IL;
Abstract
A multi-level cell (MLC) memory array may be programmed using a programming circuit having a binary input register to store data to be input into the MLC array and a register to store a programming vector, where each element in the programming vector corresponds to a charge storage region of an MLC in the array. A controller may map pairs of bits from the input register to elements in the programming vector, such that mapping a pair of bits to an element of the programming vector may set the vector element to a 'program' value if the pair of bits corresponds to at least one specific program state associated with the programming vector.