ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,362,018, issued on July 15, was assigned to MACRONIX International Co. Ltd. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).
"Method of programming memory" was invented by Ya-Jui Lee (Taichung, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of programming a memory includes performing a plurality of programming shots is provided. Each programming shot includes a pre-charge stage and a programming stage and includes the following steps. Applying a common source line voltage to a common source line or applying a bit line voltage to a bit line in the pre-charge stage, wherein the common source line voltage or the bit line voltage is applied by using incremental-step-puls...