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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2012
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/04 (2006.01); G11C 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method includes, in an array of analog memory cells that are arranged in rows associated with respective word lines, reading a first group of the memory cells in a selected word line, including one or more memory cells that store a status of at least one word line in the array other than the selected word line. A readout configuration for a second group of the memory cells is set responsively to the read status. The second group of the memory cells is read using the readout configuration.