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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2014
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abhinav Pandey, Boise, ID (US);
Hanmant P. Belgal, El Dorado Hills, CA (US);
Prashant S. Damle, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Arjun Kripanidhi, Mountain View, CA (US);
Sebastian T. Uribe, El Dorado Hills, CA (US);
Dany-Sebastien Ly-Gagnon, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Sanjay Rangan, Boise, ID (US);
Kiran Pangal, Fremont, CA (US);
INTEL CORPORATION, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments including systems, methods, and apparatuses associated with expanding a threshold voltage window of memory cells are described herein. Specifically, in some embodiments memory cells may be configured to store data by being set to a set state or a reset state. In some embodiments, a dummy-read process may be performed on memory cells in the set state prior to a read process. In some embodiments, a modified reset algorithm may be performed on memory cells in the reset state. Other embodiments may be described or claimed.