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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2015
Applicant:
Infineon Technologies Ag, Neubiberg, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Infineon Technologies AG, Neubiberg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 5/06 (2006.01); G11C 11/56 (2006.01); G11C 7/22 (2006.01); G11C 7/14 (2006.01); G11C 16/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 5/06 (2013.01); G11C 7/14 (2013.01); G11C 7/22 (2013.01); G11C 11/5642 (2013.01); G11C 16/28 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and associated apparatus to determine a reference value on the basis of a plurality of half reference values stored in memory cells is disclosed, wherein the plurality of half reference values are read from the memory cells, wherein a subset of half reference values is determined from the plurality of half reference values, and wherein the reference value is determined on the basis of the subset of half reference values.