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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:
Jun. 29, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2006
Applicants:
Nian Yang, Mountain View, CA (US);
Yonggang Wu, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Tien-chun Yang, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Nian Yang, Mountain View, CA (US);
Yonggang Wu, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Tien-Chun Yang, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Spansion LLC, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
One embodiment of the invention relates to a method for accessing a memory cell. In this method, at least one bit of the memory cell is erased. After erasing the at least one bit, a soft program operation is performed to bias the memory cell thereby improving the reliability of data stored in the memory cell. Other methods and systems are also disclosed.