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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2016
Wingyu Leung, Cupertino, CA (US);
Wingyu Leung, Cupertino, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A method of a state machine executing instructions related to program-erase operations performed on a non-volatile memory is disclosed. The method includes implementing a program-erase loop counter in the state machine, and presetting a threshold for an electric current of memory cells and a step time for each of the program and the erase operation. Based on repeatedly executing a number of comparison and verification operations, each for a duration of the preset step time until the program-erase loop counter reaches a maximum value thereof, the electric current of the each programmed-erased memory cell is maintained at a desired level thereof following termination of the each of the program and the erase operation.