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Multi Level Memory Technology

20Patents
0Active
20Granted
32Portfolio score

Filing activity: Nov 5, 1999 → Sep 30, 2004

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6259627A Read and write operations using constant row line voltage and variable column line load Physics 267 Expired
US6532556B1 Data management for multi-bit-per-cell memories Physics 235 Expired
US6278633A High bandwidth flash memory that selects programming parameters according to measurements of previous programming operations Physics 183 Expired
US6466476B1 Data coding for multi-bit-per-cell memories having variable numbers of bits per memory cell Physics 138 Expired
US6363008B1 Multi-bit-cell non-volatile memory with maximized data capacity Physics 124 Expired
US6882567B1 Parallel programming of multiple-bit-per-cell memory cells on a continuous word line Physics 116 Expired
US6558967B1 Multi-bit-per-cell memory system with numbers of bits per cell set by testing of memory units Physics 103 Expired
US6522586B2 Dynamic refresh that changes the physical storage locations of data in flash memory Physics 62 Expired
US6614685B2 Flash memory array partitioning architectures Physics 56 Expired
US6330185A High bandwidth multi-level flash memory using dummy memory accesses to improve precision when writing or reading a data stream Physics 41 Expired
US6396744B1 Flash memory with dynamic refresh Physics 40 Expired
US6906951B2 Bit line reference circuits for binary and multiple-bit-per-cell memories Physics 29 Expired
US6662263B1 Sectorless flash memory architecture Physics 27 Expired
US6570810B2 Contactless flash memory with buried diffusion bit/virtual ground lines Physics 26 Expired
US6856568B1 Refresh operations that change address mappings in a non-volatile memory Physics 25 Expired
US6480422B1 Contactless flash memory with shared buried diffusion bit line architecture Electricity 18 Expired
US6747896B2 Bi-directional floating gate nonvolatile memory Electricity 17 Expired
US6914820B1 Erasing storage nodes in a bi-directional nonvolatile memory cell Electricity 9 Expired
US6826084B1 Accessing individual storage nodes in a bi-directional nonvolatile memory cell Electricity 4 Expired
US6754128B2 Non-volatile memory operations that change a mapping between physical and logical addresses when restoring data Physics 3 Expired

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