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Method for operating a memory device

US7079420B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 30, 2003
Grant dateJul 18, 2006
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Expiry dateDec 30, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11C16/3436
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and a system for operating bits of memory cells in a memory array, the method including applying a first operating pulse to a terminal of a first cell, the first operating pulse is intended to place the first cell into a predefined state; and applying a second operating pulse to a terminal of a second cell in the set, the second operating pulse is intended to place the second cell to the predefined state, and the pulse characteristics of the second operating pulse are a function of the response of the first cell to the first operating pulse.

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