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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2009
Applicant:
Tsung Yi Chou, Jhubei, TW;
Inventor:
Tsung Yi Chou, Jhubei, TW;
Assignee:
Macronix International Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus are described that efficiently program charge-trapping memory cells by dynamically switching sense amplifiers and corresponding drivers depending upon data to be programmed. When a number of sense amplifier/drivers can be operated simultaneously, cells to be programmed to a same level are selected and programmed simultaneously employing up to the number of simultaneously operable sense amplifier/drivers.