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Mass storage device with solid-state memory components capable of increased endurance

US8488377B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 10, 2010
Grant dateJul 16, 2013
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Expiry dateNov 10, 2030

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11C16/04
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A mass storage device that utilizes one or more solid-state memory components to store data for a host system, and a method for increasing the write endurance of the memory components. The memory components are periodically heated above an intrinsic operating temperature thereof to a preselected temperature that is sufficient to thermally recondition the memory component in a manner that increases the write endurance of the memory component.

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