PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16028412
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2020-01
Patent Classification: ["365", "158000"]

Abstract:
Techniques for reading a Multi-Bit Cell (MBC) can include sensing a state parameter value, such as source line voltage, and applying a successive one of N programming parameter values, such as successive programming currents, between instances of sensing the state parameter values. The N successive programming parameter values can be selected to program the state of a corresponding one of N cell elements of the MBC to a respective state parameter value. Successive ones of the sensed state parameter values can be compared to determine N state change results, which can be used to determine the read state of the MBC.

Claim (Index 10):
A memory device comprising:\n an array of Multi-Bit Cells (MBCs), the MBCs including a number (N) of cell elements coupled in series and having two different states, such that the MBCs have 2 N  states; one or more memory circuits configured to;\n receive a read command for a selected plurality of MBCs; \n sense the selected plurality of the MBCs 2N times to determine N+1 instances of a state parameter value; \n program the selected plurality of MBCs, between sensing of the selected plurality of MBCs, using successive ones of N sets of programming parameters; \n compare successive ones of the N+1 instances of the state parameter value to determine N state change results for the selected plurality of MBCs; \n determine a read state for the selected plurality of MBCs based on the N state change results; and \n output the read state of the selected plurality of MBCs in response to the received read command.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 3.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.09434
- Patent Class: 365.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['16028415', '12166876', '13777485', '13117715', '13757250']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8004917849595752
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5465289833757839
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.775095504801196
- Mean Citation Score: 238.968236
- Max Citation Score: 431.6843
- Similarity Product: 348.9774627461196

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

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