US Patent 7120054 Preconditioning global bitlines

Patent 7120054 was granted and assigned to Micron Technology on October, 2006 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Current Assignee

Micron Technology

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

7120054

Date of Patent

October 10, 2006

Patent Application Number

11062661

Date Filed

February 22, 2005

Patent Primary Examiner

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David Lam

Patent abstract

A method and apparatus for discharging global bitlines in a flash memory to a voltage sufficiently low to avoid drain disturb for non-selected cells in a programming operation. A discharge device allows discharge of global bitlines coupled to local bitlines before a programming operation.