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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2015
Applicant:
Atmel Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventor:
Massimiliano Frulio, Milan, IT;
Assignee:
Atmel Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/34 (2006.01); G11C 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/00 (2013.01); G11C 16/34 (2013.01);
Abstract
In an embodiment, a method of programming non-volatile memory (NVM) comprises: determining, by control logic of an NVM system, a number of unsuccessful attempts to program NVM cells; responsive to the determining, dividing the NVM cells into at least a first group and a second group; programming the first group during a first programming cycle; and programming the second group during a second programming cycle, wherein the first programming cycle and second programming cycle are different.