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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2016
Applicant:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); H01L 45/00 (2006.01); G11C 13/00 (2006.01); G11C 13/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0622 (2013.01); G06F 3/0643 (2013.01); G06F 3/0679 (2013.01); G11C 13/0004 (2013.01); G11C 13/004 (2013.01); G11C 13/0059 (2013.01); G11C 13/0069 (2013.01); G11C 13/0097 (2013.01); G11C 13/02 (2013.01); H01L 45/06 (2013.01); H01L 45/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods of operating memory arrays are described. In various embodiments, a method includes determining a pattern to be written to a memory array, the pattern comprising both data bits having sensitive information to be stored and data bits having a state that is unimportant to the sensitive information to be stored, and writing the pattern to the memory array. Other methods of operation are also described.