Method for programming of multi-state non-volatile memory using smart verify
US7301817B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 27, 2005 |
| Grant date | Nov 27, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 27, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11C2211/5621
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In a non-volatile memory, the initiation of program verification is adaptively set so that programming time is decreased. In one approach, non-volatile storage elements are programmed based on a lower page of data to have a voltage threshold (VTH) that falls within a first VTH distribution or a higher, intermediate VTH distribution. Subsequently, the non-volatile storage elements with the first VTH distribution either remain there, or are programmed to a second VTH distribution, based on an upper page of data. The non-volatile storage elements with the intermediate VTH distribution are programmed to third and fourth VTH distributions. The non-volatile storage elements being programmed to the third VTH distribution are specially identified and tracked. Verification of the non-volatile storage elements being programmed to the fourth VTH distribution is initiated after one of the identified non-volatile storage elements transitions to the third VTH distribution from the intermediate VTH distribution.
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