Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Memory device and program/erase method therefor
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Application No.: US16231727Application Date: 2018-12-24
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Publication No.: US10566060B2Publication Date: 2020-02-18
- Inventor: Jun-Lin Yeh
- Applicant: Winbond Electronics Corp.
- Applicant Address: TW Taichung
- Assignee: Winbond Electronics Corp.
- Current Assignee: Winbond Electronics Corp.
- Current Assignee Address: TW Taichung
- Agency: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, P.C.
- Priority: TW107103783A 20180202
- Main IPC: G11C16/16
- IPC: G11C16/16 ; G11C16/26 ; G11C16/34 ; G06F9/30

Abstract:
A memory device is provided and includes a status register, a memory array, a memory controller, an interface control circuit, and a write control logic circuit. The status register stores a plurality of status bits and a first threshold. The interface control circuit is controlled by the memory controller to perform a data program/erase operation on the memory array and re-program/re-erase the memory array in a retry mode when the data program/erase operation is not complete. The write control logic circuit counts the number of times the memory array is re-programmed/re-erased in the retry mode to generate a retry counting value, compares the retry counting value with the first threshold to generate a result signal. The status register updates a result bit included in the status bits according to the result signal. The memory controller determines whether the data program/erase operation is successful according to the result bit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190244670A1 MEMORY DEVICE AND PROGRAM/ERASE METHOD THEREFOR Public/Granted day:2019-08-08
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