Patent ID: 11929121
Assignee: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 14:
15. The method of claim 11, wherein the method includes:
selecting a third memory cell and a fourth memory cell of the memory device, wherein the third memory cell and the fourth memory cell are coupled to the same access line; and
storing an additional one data value by programming the third memory cell and the fourth memory cell to the first data state, the second data state, or the third data state, wherein:
the additional one data value corresponds to a combination of the first data state, the second data state, or the third data state to which the third memory cell is programmed and the first data state, the second data state, or the third data state to which the fourth memory cell is programmed; and
two combinations of the first data state, the second data state, and the third data state are ineligible to correspond to the additional one data value.