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Parallel-dichotomic serial sensing method for sensing multiple- level non- volatile memory cells, and sensing circuit for actuating such method
Parallel-dichotomic serial sensing method for sensing multiple- level non- volatile memory cells, and sensing circuit for actuating such method
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机译:用于感测多级非易失性存储单元的并行二分频串行感测方法以及用于致动该方法的感测电路
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A method for sensing multiple-levels non-volatile memory cells which can take one programming level among a plurality of m=2.sup.n (n =Z) different programming levels, provides for biasing a memory cell to be sensed in a predetermined condition, so that the memory cell sinks a cell current with a value belonging to a discrete set of m distinct cell current values, each cell current value corresponding to one of said programming levels. The sensing method also provides for: simultaneously comparing the cell current with a prescribed number of reference currents having values comprised between a minimum value and a maximum value of said discrete set of m cell current values and dividing said discrete set of m cell current values in a plurality of sub-sets of cell current values, for determining the sub-set of cell current values to which the cell current belongs; repeating step (a) for the sub-set of cell current values to which the cell current belongs, until the sub-set of cell current values to which the cell current belongs comprises only one cell current value, which is the value of the current of the memory cell to be sensed.
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