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Memory block programming using defectivity information

US12051479B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Micron Technology, Inc. · US

Inventors

Kishore Kumar Muchherla · Fremont, US
Akira Goda · Boise, US
Dave Scott Ebsen · Minnetonka, US
Lakshmi Kalpana Vakati · Fremont, US
Jiangli Zhu · San Jose, US
Peter Feeley · Boise, US
Sanjay Subbarao · Irvine, US
Vivek Shivhare · San Jose, US
Fangfang Zhu · San Jose, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 25, 2022
Grant date	Jul 30, 2024
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 1, 2043

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG11C2029/4402
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatuses include retrieving a defectivity footprint of a portion of memory, the portion of memory composed of multiple blocks. A deck programming order is determined, based on the defectivity footprint, for a current block of the multiple blocks. The current block is composed of multiple decks. The deck programming order is an order in which the multiple decks are programmed. The multiple decks programmed according to the determined deck programming order.

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