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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017
Filed:
May. 03, 2016
Applicant:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/10 (2006.01); G11C 16/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/0483 (2013.01); G11C 16/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
In an example, a method may include increasing a voltage applied to an unprogrammed first memory cell in a string of series-connected memory cells from a first voltage to a second voltage while a voltage applied to second memory cells in the string of series-connected memory cells is at the first voltage and increasing the voltage applied to the second memory cells from the first voltage to a pass voltage concurrently with increasing the voltage applied to the unprogrammed first memory cell from the second voltage to a program voltage.