Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multilevel phase change memory operation
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Application No.: US13371812Application Date: 2012-02-13
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Publication No.: US08416608B2Publication Date: 2013-04-09
- Inventor: Jun Liu , Wenzhou Chen
- Applicant: Jun Liu , Wenzhou Chen
- Applicant Address: US ID Boise
- Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US ID Boise
- Agency: Brooks, Cameron & Huebsch, PLLC
- Main IPC: G11C11/00
- IPC: G11C11/00

Abstract:
Methods, devices, and systems associated with multilevel phase change memory cells are described herein. One or more embodiments of the present disclosure include operating a phase change memory device by placing a phase change memory cell in a reset state and applying a selected programming pulse to the phase change memory cell in order to program the cell to one of a number of intermediate states between the reset state and a set state associated with the cell. The selected programming pulse includes an uppermost magnitude applied for a particular duration, the particular duration depending on to which one of the number of intermediate states the memory cell is to be programmed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120140555A1 MULTILEVEL PHASE CHANGE MEMORY OPERATION Public/Granted day:2012-06-07
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