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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2015
Applicant:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Inventors:
Yi-Chieh Chiu, Taipei, TW;
Chih-Yang Chang, Yuanling Township, TW;
Tassa Yang, Hsinchu, TW;
Wen-Ting Chu, Kaohisung, TW;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/00 (2006.01); G11C 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 13/0069 (2013.01); G11C 13/0007 (2013.01); G11C 13/0011 (2013.01); G11C 13/0064 (2013.01); G11C 2213/82 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method includes applying a first voltage setting to a memory cell for a first period of time in response to a command for programming a first logical state to the memory cell, obtaining a first stored logical state of the memory cell after the applying the first voltage setting operation, and if the first stored logical state differs from the first logical state, applying a second voltage setting to the memory cell.