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Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2018

Filed:

Dec. 27, 2016
Applicant:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Muthukumar P. Swaminathan, Folsom, CA (US);

Zion S. Kwok, Vancouver, CA;

Prashant S. Damle, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Kunal A. Khochare, Folsom, CA (US);

Philip Hillier, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);

Jeffrey W. Ryden, Tustin, CA (US);

Richard P. Mangold, Forest Grove, OR (US);

Assignee:

INTEL CORPORATION, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/10 (2006.01); G11C 16/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/10 (2013.01); G11C 16/26 (2013.01);
Abstract

In response to a write operation on a storage element in a non-volatile memory device, a count provided by a global counter is stored to indicate a time at which the write operation occurs on the storage element. In response to receiving a request perform a read operation on the storage element, a determination is made of a demarcation voltage to apply for performing the read operation on the storage element, based on a progress of the global counter since the write operation on the storage element.


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