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US08730723B2 Structures and methods of high efficient bit conversion for multi-level cell non-volatile memories 有权
用于多级单元非易失性存储器的高效位转换的结构和方法

Structures and methods of high efficient bit conversion for multi-level cell non-volatile memories
Abstract:
Structures and methods of converting Multi-Level Cell (MLC) Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) into multi-bit information are disclosed. In MLC NVM system, multi-bit information stored in NVM cell is represented by the states of NVM cell threshold voltage levels. In this disclosure, “P” states of NVM cell threshold voltage levels are divided into “N” groups of threshold voltage levels. Each group contains “M” states of multiple threshold voltage levels of NVM cells, where P=N×M. The “M” states of NVM cell threshold voltage levels in each group are sensed and resolved by applying one correspondent gate voltage to the group. By applying “N” multiple gate voltages, the whole “P” states of NVM cell threshold voltage levels can be sensed and efficiently converted into storing bits in the MLC NVM cells.
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