Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Erase cycle counter usage in a memory device
- Patent Title (中): 擦除存储设备中的循环计数器使用情况
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Application No.: US13268158Application Date: 2011-10-07
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Publication No.: US08358538B2Publication Date: 2013-01-22
- Inventor: Violante Moschiano , Giovanni Santin , Luca De Santis
- Applicant: Violante Moschiano , Giovanni Santin , Luca De Santis
- Applicant Address: US ID Boise
- Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US ID Boise
- Agency: Leffert Jay & Polglaze, P.A.
- Main IPC: G11C16/10
- IPC: G11C16/10 ; G11C16/04

Abstract:
Memory devices to facilitate adjustment of program voltages applied during a program operation based upon erase operation cycle counter values stored in the memory device. In one such embodiment, an erase cycle counter is maintained for each block of a memory device and is stored in the associated block of memory. Programming voltage levels utilized during program operations of memory cells are determined, at least in part, based upon the value of the erase cycle counter stored in a memory block undergoing a programming operation, for example.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120026792A1 ERASE CYCLE COUNTER USAGE IN A MEMORY DEVICE Public/Granted day:2012-02-02
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