Lifetime markers for memory devices
US8320185B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 31, 2010 |
| Grant date | Nov 27, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 10, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11C16/349
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present disclosure includes lifetime markers for memory devices. One or more embodiments include determining a read disturb value, a quantity of erase pulses, and/or a quantity of soft program pulses associated with a number of memory cells, and providing an indicator of an advance and/or retreat of the read disturb value, the quantity of erase pulses, and/or the quantity of soft program pulses relative to a lifetime marker associated with the memory cells.
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