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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2013
Applicant:
Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Fuchen Mu, Austin, TX (US);
Yanzhuo Wang, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC., Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/34 (2006.01); G11C 7/04 (2006.01); G11C 16/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/04 (2013.01); G11C 16/34 (2013.01); G11C 16/3481 (2013.01); G11C 16/3495 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of soft programming a non-volatile memory (NVM) array includes determining a first number based on a temperature of the NVM array and applying the first number of soft program pulses to a section of the NVM array. A first soft program verify of the section of the NVM array is then performed for a first time after completing the applying the first number of soft program pulses.