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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2013
Applicant:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Inventors:
Luca Crippa, Busnago, IT;
Rino Micheloni, Turate, IT;
Assignee:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/10 (2006.01); G11C 16/34 (2006.01); G11C 16/26 (2006.01); G11C 16/12 (2006.01); G11C 16/06 (2006.01); G11C 11/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/10 (2013.01); G11C 11/5628 (2013.01);
Abstract
Method of programming a multi-level memory cell may include transferring one or more values between an auxiliary latch of the multi-level memory cell and a most significant bit (MSB) latch of the multi-level memory cell and/or between the auxiliary latch and a least significant bit (LSB) latch of the multi-level memory cell while programming the multi-level memory cell.