IP Library Granted Patent US 12,437,818
Granted Patent B2
US 12,437,818 · App. 18/233,420 · Granted Oct 7, 2025

Corrective program verify operation with improved read window budget retention

Inventors: Ching-Huang Lu (Fremont, CA); Hong-Yan Chen (San Jose, CA); Yingda Dong (Los Altos, CA)
Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
G11C16/3459G11C16/08G11C16/102
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,437,818
App. No.
18/233,420
Granted
Oct 7, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A program operation is initiated to program a set of target memory cells of a target wordline of a memory device to a target programming level. During a program verify operation of the program operation, a program verify voltage level is caused to be applied to the target wordline to verify programming of the set of target memory cells. A pass through read voltage level associated with the target wordline is identified. During the program verify operation, a pass through voltage level is caused to be applied to at least one of a first wordline or a second wordline, wherein the pass through read voltage level is the read voltage level reduced by an offset value.

Claims (36)

1. A memory device comprising:

a memory array comprising:

a set of target memory cells connected to a target wordline;

a first wordline and a second wordline, each adjacent to the target wordline; and

control logic, operatively coupled with the memory array, to perform operations comprising:

causing a program operation to be initiated to program the set of target memory cells of the target wordline to a target programming level;

causing, during a program verify operation of the program operation, a program verify voltage level to be applied to the target wordline to verify programming of the set of target memory cells;

selecting, from a set of pass through read voltage levels, a pass through read voltage level based on the target programming level; and

causing, during the program verify operation, a pass through voltage level to be applied to at least one of the first wordline or the second wordline, wherein the pass through voltage level is the pass through read voltage level reduced by an offset value.

2. The memory device of claim 1 , the operations further comprising determining the offset value based on the target programming level.

3. The memory device of claim 2 , wherein the offset value increases incrementally as the target programming level increases.

4. The memory device of claim 1 , the operations further comprising determining the offset value based on a loss level associated with a wordline group comprising the target wordline.

5. The memory device of claim 4 , wherein the offset value comprises a first offset value in response to determining the wordline group is associated with a low loss level, and wherein the offset value comprises a second offset value in response to determining the wordline group is associated with a high loss level, and wherein the first offset value is less than the second offset value.

6. The memory device of claim 1 , wherein the pass through voltage level comprises a first pass through voltage level applied to the first wordline, and wherein a second pass through voltage level based on a second offset value is caused to be applied to the second wordline.

7. The memory device of claim 6 , wherein the offset value is less than the second offset value.

8. A method comprising:

causing, by a processing device, a program operation to be initiated to program a set of target memory cells of a target wordline of a memory device to a target programming level;

causing, during a program verify operation of the program operation, a program verify voltage level to be applied to the target wordline to verify programming of the set of target memory cells;

selecting, from a set of pass through read voltage levels, a pass through read voltage level based on the target programming level; and

causing, during the program verify operation, a pass through voltage level to be applied to at least one of a first wordline or a second wordline, wherein the pass through voltage level is the pass through read voltage level reduced by an offset value.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising determining the offset value based on the target programming level.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the offset value increases incrementally as the target programming level increases.

11. The method of claim 8 , further comprising determining the offset value based on a loss level associated with a wordline group comprising the target wordline.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the offset value comprises a first offset value in response to determining the wordline group is associated with a low loss level, and wherein the offset value comprises a second offset value in response to determining the wordline group is associated with a high loss level, and wherein the first offset value is less than the second offset value.

13. The method of claim 8 , wherein the pass through voltage level comprises a first pass through voltage level applied to the first wordline, and wherein a second pass through voltage level based on a second offset value is caused to be applied to the second wordline.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the offset value is less than the second offset value.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processing device, cause the processing device to perform operations comprising:

causing a program operation to be initiated to program a set of target memory cells of a target wordline of a memory device to a target programming level;

causing, during a program verify operation of the program operation, a program verify voltage level to be applied to the target wordline to verify programming of the set of target memory cells;

selecting, from a set of pass through read voltage levels, a pass through read voltage level based on the target programming level; and

causing, during the program verify operation, a pass through voltage level to be applied to at least one of a first wordline or a second wordline, wherein the pass through voltage level is the pass through read voltage level reduced by an offset value.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , the operations further comprising determining the offset value based on the target programming level.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein the offset value increases incrementally as the target programming level increases.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16 , the operations further comprising determining the offset value based on a loss level associated with a wordline group comprising the target wordline.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18 , wherein the offset value comprises a first offset value in response to determining the wordline group is associated with a low loss level, and wherein the offset value comprises a second offset value in response to determining the wordline group is associated with a high loss level, and wherein the first offset value is less than the second offset value.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the pass through voltage level comprises a first pass through voltage level applied to the first wordline, and wherein a second pass through voltage level based on a second offset value is caused to be applied to the second wordline, and wherein the offset value is less than the second offset value.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 14, 2023
From: LU, CHING-HUANG; CHEN, HONG-YAN; DONG, YINGDA
To: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Reel/Frame 064578/0315 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63400511 · Aug 24, 2022
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