Patent ID: 11875859
Assignee: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 5:
6. The memory device of claim 1, wherein each digit of stored data is stored in a respective pair of series-connected memory cells of a respective string of series-connected memory cells of a plurality of strings of series-connected memory cells of the array of memory cells connected to a data line, wherein each digit of the input data corresponds to a respective digit of the stored data, and wherein the control circuitry being configured to cause the memory device to compare the input data to the stored data comprises the control circuitry being configured to cause the memory device to compare a particular digit of the input data to its respective digit of the stored data by applying a pair of voltage levels representative of a value of the particular digit of the input data to control gates of the respective pair of series-connected memory cells of the respective string of series-connected memory cells for the respective digit of the stored data.