US Patent Issued to Sandisk Technologies on Sept. 15 for "Hybrid triple level cell programming algorithm for on pitch scaling in bit cost scalable memory apparatuses and sub-block mode" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,737,135, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Sandisk Technologies Inc. (Milpitas, Calif.).

"Hybrid triple level cell programming algorithm for on pitch scaling in bit cost scalable memory apparatuses and sub-block mode" was invented by Wei Cao (Fremont, Calif.) and Xiang Yang (Santa Clara, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A memory apparatus and method of operation are provided. The apparatus includes memory cells each connected to one of a plurality of word lines and disposed in memory holes. The memory cells are configured to retain a threshold voltage corresponding to one of a plurality of data states. A control means is coupled ...