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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 12, 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 11/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods are disclosed to compensate for a second-bit effect during programming and reading of charge-trapping memory cells having left and right data regions. When only one of the left and right data regions is to be programmed, a two-step programming procedure is performed on the data region to be programmed. When the memory cell is to be read, threshold voltages for the left and right data regions are sensed with a joint decision regarding left and right data bit values being reached depending upon both sensed threshold voltage values.