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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.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2016

Filed:

Sep. 03, 2014
Applicant:

Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);

Inventors:

Koji Sakui, Tokyo, JP;

Yasushi Matsuyama, Yokohama, JP;

Ryan G. Fisher, Boise, ID (US);

Assignee:

Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/04 (2006.01); G11C 16/10 (2006.01); G11C 16/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/10 (2013.01); G11C 16/0483 (2013.01); G11C 16/3427 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods for local self-boost of a selected memory cell channel, memory devices, and systems are disclosed. One such method generates a cut-off channel under each of a plurality of memory cells on one of either a source side or a drain side of a selected memory cell.


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