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Operation of mixed mode blocks

US10325668B2 · kind B2 · utility

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14Claims

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Assignee

Micron Technology, Inc. · US

Inventors

Kishore Kumar Muchherla · Fremont, US
Ashutosh Malshe · Fremont, US
Preston A. Thomson · Boise, US
Michael G. Miller · Boise, US
Gary F. Besinga · Boise, US
Scott Anthony Stoller · Boise, US
Sampath K. Ratnam · Boise, US
Renato C. Padilla · Folsom, US
Peter Feeley · Boise, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 5, 2017
Grant date	Jun 18, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 29, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG11C2211/5641
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Apparatuses and methods for operating mixed mode blocks. One example method can include tracking single level cell (SLC) mode cycles and extra level cell (XLC) mode cycles performed on the mixed mode blocks, maintaining a mixed mode cycle count corresponding to the mixed mode blocks, and adjusting the mixed mode cycle count differently for mixed mode blocks operated in a SLC mode than for mixed blocks operated in a XLC mode.

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