Memory device including dynamic programming voltage
AssigneeMicron Technology, Inc.
InventorsEric N. Lee, Lawrence Celso Miranda
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Abstract
Some embodiments include apparatus and methods using access lines, first memory cells coupled to an access line of the access lines, and a control unit including circuitry. The control unit is configured to apply a first voltage to the access line; check first threshold voltages of the first memory cells after applying the first voltage; obtain offset information based on a determination that at least one of the first threshold voltages is greater than a selected voltage; generate a second voltage, the second voltage being a function of the first voltage and the offset information; and apply the second voltage to one of the access lines during an operation of storing information in second memory cells.
Claims27
A memory device comprising:
- an array of memory cells;
- access lines, wherein first memory cells of the array of memory cells are associated with an access line of the access lines;
- a control unit including circuitry configured to:
- initiate applying a first voltage to the access line;
- check first threshold voltages of the first memory cells after applying the first voltage;
- obtain offset information based on a determination that at least one of the first threshold voltages is greater than a selected voltage;
- generate a second voltage, the second voltage determined in response to the first voltage and the offset information;
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- initiate applying the second voltage to one of the access lines during an operation of storing information in second memory cells of the array of memory cells.
A memory device comprising:
- an array of memory cells;
- a first access line and a second access line;
- first memory cells associated with the first access line;
- second memory cells associated with the second access line;
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- a control unit including circuitry configured to:
- initiate applying a first voltage to the first access line;
- check first threshold voltages of at least a portion of the first memory cells after the first voltage is applied;
- obtain a first offset information based on a determination that at least one of the first threshold voltages is greater than a selected voltage;
- store the first offset information;
- initiate applying a second voltage to the second access line, the second voltage having a value based on the first offset information;
- check second threshold voltages of at least a portion of the second memory cells after the second voltage is applied;
- obtain a second offset information based on a determination that at least one of the second threshold voltages is greater than the selected voltage;
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- store the second offset information.
A method comprising:
- applying a first voltage to one of access lines of a memory device during a first operation performed on first memory cells of the memory device;
- determining a count value during the first operation, the count value corresponding to a number of memory cells among the first memory cells, each memory cell in the number of memory cells having a threshold voltage greater than a selected voltage;
- determining offset information based on the count value;
- generating a second voltage based on the offset information;
- and
- applying the second voltage to one of the access lines during a second operation performed on second memory cells of the memory device.
A method comprising:
- applying a first voltage to an access line among access lines of a memory device;
- checking first threshold voltages of first memory cells coupled to the access line after applying the first voltage;
- obtaining offset information based on a determination that at least one of the first threshold voltages is greater than a selected voltage;
- generating a second voltage, the second voltage being a function of the first voltage and an amount of voltage corresponding to the offset information;
- applying the second voltage to a selected access line among the access lines during an operation of storing information in second memory cells of the memory device;
- determining whether each memory cell of the second memory cells reaches a target threshold voltage after applying the second voltage;
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- completing the operation of storing information in the second memory cells based on a determination that each memory cell of the second memory cells reaches a target threshold voltage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.