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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2016
Applicant:
Kilopass Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Frank Guo, Danville, CA (US);
Bruce Bateman, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
Kilopass Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/39 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/39 (2013.01);
Abstract
Techniques are provided for managing voltages on memory cells in a cross-point array during a read operation. The techniques apply to vertical layer thyristor memory cells and non-thyristor memory cells. Voltages on selected bitlines (e.g., corresponding to memory cells from which data is to be read), are set to a read voltage level. Voltages on unselected bitlines (e.g., corresponding to memory cells from which data is not to be read and which are not to be disturbed) are set to a de-bias voltage level that is different from the read voltage level.