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Reinforcement learning pulse programming

US11481624B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 4, 2019
Grant dateOct 25, 2022
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Expiry dateMar 23, 2041

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11C16/10
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A NAND memory device that includes a plurality of blocks, each block comprises a plurality of wordlines and an associated agent, and each wordline comprises a plurality of cells and a plurality of voltage levels and an associated agent, and each voltage level comprises an agent. A method of programming the NAND memory device includes receiving, by an agent at a given rank in the plurality of ranks, parameters from a higher rank agent in the hierarchy of ranks and a state from the memory device; determining, by the agent, an action from the parameters and the state; passing the action as parameters to a lower rank agent in the hierarchy of ranks; and updating the agent based on a reward output by the agent, wherein the reward measures a difference between the target voltage levels of the cells and the actual voltage levels programmed to the cells.

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