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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2008
Applicants:
Qiang Tang, Cupertino, CA (US);
BO Wang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Chih-hsin Wang, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Marvell International Ltd., Hamilton, BM;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/04 (2006.01); G11C 7/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A memory circuit includes a memory array with multi-level cells that are each capable of storing M bits of data, where M is an integer greater than one. A module reads a state of one of the multi-level cells. The module performs at least one of a first erase operation and a first program operation on the one of the multi-level cells for the M bits of data during a first time period.