Multiple memory devices having parity protection
US10789126B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 9, 2018 |
| Grant date | Sep 29, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 18, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11C2029/0411
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A variety of applications can include apparatus and/or methods that provide parity protection to data spread over multiple memory devices of a memory system. Parity is stored in a buffer, where the parity is generated from portions of data written to a page having a different portion of the page in a portion of each plane of one or more planes of the multiple memory devices. Parity is stored in the buffer for each page. In response to a determination that a transfer criterion is satisfied, the parity data in the buffer is transferred from the buffer to a temporary block. After programming data into the block to close the block, a verification of the block with respect to data errors is conducted. In response to passing the verification, the temporary block can be released for use in a next data write operation. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.
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