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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2013
Applicant:
Integrated Silicon Solution, Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);
Inventors:
MingShiang Wang, Cupertino, CA (US);
Kyoung Chon Jin, San Ramon, CA (US);
Assignee:
Integrated Silicon Solutions, Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/08 (2006.01); G11C 16/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/08 (2013.01); G11C 16/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
A non-volatile memory device incorporates a write buffer within a multi-level column decoder to enable multiple memory cells associated with a single write driver to be written in parallel. In this manner, in a non-volatile memory such as a flash memory that performs batch write operation, a group of data bits for a single I/O can be written to the memory cells at a time, thereby reducing the number of write cycles required for writing a block of program data and increasing the speed of write operation.