Patent · US Active

Method of programming memory device and related memory device

US11257545B2 · kind B2 · utility

0Cited by
10References
14Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateFeb 26, 2021
Grant dateFeb 22, 2022
Priority date
Expiry dateFeb 26, 2041

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11C16/32
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a memory device which includes a plurality of memory cells, a top dummy storage region, a bottom dummy storage region, a plurality of word lines and a plurality of bit lines form in a substrate, a selected bit line among the plurality of bit lines, a channel region in the substrate and a source region in the substrate are pre-charged and a negative pre-pulse voltage is applied to the bottom dummy storage region during a first period. A selected memory cell among the plurality of memory cells is programmed during a second period subsequent to the first period, wherein the selected memory cell is coupled to the selected bit line and a selected word line among the plurality of word lines.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.