IP Library Granted Patent US 9,715,928
Granted Patent B2
US 9,715,928 · App. 15/161,698 · Granted Jul 25, 2017

Page programming sequences and assignment schemes for a memory device

Inventors: Jun Sumino (Boise, ID); Makoto Kitagawa (Folsom, CA)
Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
G11C13/0069G11C13/0002G11C13/003G11C13/004G11C13/0023G11C13/0026G11C13/0028G11C13/0097G11C13/0061G11C2013/0085G11C2213/79G11C2213/82
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,715,928
App. No.
15/161,698
Granted
Jul 25, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments of the invention are directed towards a memory device comprising a plurality of wordlines each coupled to a row of memory cells in a subtile of the memory device, a plurality of level one column select circuits coupled to each cell in a plurality of groups of cells in a subtile, a plurality of level two column select circuits coupled to each of the plurality of groups of cells in the subtile, a common bit line coupled to the plurality of level one column select circuits and the plurality of level two column select circuits, the common bit line also coupled to a sense and program circuit, wherein the sense and program circuit addresses each first cell in each of the groups of cells to form a single page of memory.

Claims (11)

1. A memory device comprising:

a plurality of sub-tiles in a memory section configured to include a plurality of memory cells;

a plurality of wordlines each configured to couple to a row of memory cells in the sub-tile; and

a column select circuit configured to control at least two level column lines;

a common bit line (CBL) coupled to the column select circuit, the common bit line also coupled to a sense and program circuit;

a common source line (CSL) coupled to the memory section,

wherein a selected time of one of the two level column lines is different from that of the other of the two level column lines, and

a pulse of the common source line is set to a low voltage for a reset operation.

2. The memory device of claim 1 , wherein the sense and program circuit addresses each first memory cell in groups of the plurality of memory cells to form a single page of memory for the reset operation.

3. The memory device of claim 1 , wherein a pulse of the common bit line for the reset operation is different from a pulse of the common bit line for a set operation.

4. The memory device of claim 1 , wherein the common source line (CSL) is set to a high voltage for a set operation.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 15, 2017
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043293/0649 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 14560750 · Dec 4, 2014
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