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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2008
Applicants:
Satoru Tamada, Kamakura, JP;
Neal R Mielke, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Krishna Parat, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Satoru Tamada, Kamakura, JP;
Neal R Mielke, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Krishna Parat, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and device using bitline-bitline capacitance between adjacent bitlines to boost seed voltage in a memory device are provided. The method may include a precharge phase, a boost phase, an equalize phase, and a lock in phase. In one embodiment, the method may include boosting the seed voltage twice. The bitlines may be divided into one or more segments.