Patent 7706177 was granted and assigned to SanDisk on April, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A method of programming a nonvolatile memory array including a plurality of nonvolatile memory cells, a plurality of bit lines, and a plurality of word lines, wherein each memory cell comprises a diode, or a diode and a resistivity switching element is disclosed. The method includes both bias programming the memory cells of the device.