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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:
Jan. 10, 2017

Filed:

Dec. 31, 2015
Applicant:

Macronix International Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;

Inventors:

Ya Jui Lee, Taichung, TW;

Kuan Fu Chen, Taipei, TW;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/06 (2006.01); G11C 11/56 (2006.01); G11C 16/34 (2006.01); G11C 16/10 (2006.01); G11C 16/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/5628 (2013.01); G11C 11/5642 (2013.01); G11C 16/10 (2013.01); G11C 16/26 (2013.01); G11C 16/3459 (2013.01);
Abstract

First threshold voltages of one or more memory cells in a memory array are obtained. For each memory cell in the one or more memory cells, a target threshold voltage for the memory cell is identified. A number of programming shots to reach the target threshold voltage of the memory cell is determined based on the first threshold voltage of the memory cell. Respective number of programming shots, which are determined for the one or more memory cells, are applied to the one or more memory cells. Whether respective target threshold voltages for the one or more memory cells are reached is verified upon applying the respective number of programming shots to the one or more memory cells.


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