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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2014
Applicant:
Pmc-sierra Us, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Rino Micheloni, Turate, IT;
Luca Crippa, Busnago, IT;
Assignee:
Microsemi Storage Solutions (U.S.), Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/34 (2006.01); G11C 16/10 (2006.01); G11C 16/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/349 (2013.01); G11C 16/10 (2013.01); G11C 16/32 (2013.01);
Abstract
A nonvolatile memory system and a method for using programming time to reduce bit errors in the nonvolatile memory system are disclosed. The method includes programming a plurality of memory cells of a nonvolatile memory device, identifying weak cells using programming time and preventing subsequent programming to the identified weak cells.