DYNAMIC BIT-SCAN TECHNIQUES FOR MEMORY DEVICE PROGRAMMING

DYNAMIC BIT-SCAN TECHNIQUES FOR MEMORY DEVICE PROGRAMMING

An apparatus is provided that includes a plurality of memory cells, a programming circuit configured to apply a plurality of programming pulses to the memory cells, and a scanning circuit configured to repeatedly switch between performing an n-state bitscan after each programming pulse until first p...

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Hauptverfasser: Lin, Lei, Li, Zhuojie, Chin, Henry, Hsu, Cynthia
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:An apparatus is provided that includes a plurality of memory cells, a programming circuit configured to apply a plurality of programming pulses to the memory cells, and a scanning circuit configured to repeatedly switch between performing an n-state bitscan after each programming pulse until first predetermined criteria are satisfied, and performing an m-state bitscan after each programming pulse until second predetermined criteria are satisfied, where m>n, and n>0.