The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2014
Winbond Electronics Corporation, Taichung, TW;
Windbound Electronics Corporation, Taichung, TW;
Abstract
A NAND flash memory achieves low read latency and avoidance of inadvertent programming and program disturb so that the random access and initial page read speeds of the NAND flash memory are generally comparable to that of a NOR flash memory, while preserving the higher memory density and lower power operation characteristics of traditional NAND flash memory relative to NOR flash memory. The reduction in latency is achieved by a NAND memory array architecture which employs a small NAND string, a dual plane interleaved memory architecture, a partitioned NAND array, selectively coupled local bit lines per each global bit line, and a counter-biasing mechanism to avoid inadvertent programming and program disturb.