PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15939359
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2019-10
Patent Classification: ["365", "185220"]

Abstract:
The method for programming a non-volatile memory includes the following steps. Perform a program and program verify operation for a memory cell in the non-volatile memory, wherein the program and program verify operation includes applying a sequence of incremental step pulses to the memory cell. Perform a post-verifying operation for the memory cell after the memory cell passes the program and program verify operation. Apply a post-programming pulse to the memory cell if the memory cell fails the post-verifying operation, wherein the amplitude of the post-programming pulse is greater than the amplitude of the last pulse in the sequence of incremental step pulses. Perform a read operation to the non-volatile memory to obtain a failed bit count corresponding to the read operation. Adjust a read reference voltage of the read operation to minimize the failed bit count.

Claim (Index 1):
A method for programming a non-volatile memory, the method comprising:\n performing a program and program verify operation for a memory cell in the non-volatile memory, wherein the program and program verify operation includes applying a sequence of incremental step pulses to the memory cell; performing a post-verifying operation for the memory cell after the memory cell passes the program and program verify operation; applying a post-programming pulse to the memory cell if the memory cell fails the post-verifying operation, wherein an amplitude of the post-programming pulse is greater than an amplitude of the last pulse in the sequence of incremental step pulses; performing a read operation to the non-volatile memory to obtain a failed bit count corresponding to the read operation; and adjusting a read reference voltage of the read operation to minimize the failed bit count.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 20.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.84314
- Patent Class: 365.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15698812', '14027926', '12138378', '11700341', '13835409']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8007906555078111
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4901665961598027
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7697282495730102
- Mean Citation Score: 231.895836
- Max Citation Score: 265.45
- Similarity Product: 208.04676913023

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 0
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test