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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2017
Applicant:
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/04 (2006.01); G11C 5/00 (2006.01); G11C 7/24 (2006.01); G11C 29/12 (2006.01); G11C 11/406 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 5/005 (2013.01); G11C 7/04 (2013.01); G11C 7/24 (2013.01); G11C 11/40626 (2013.01); G11C 29/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A storage system and method for die-based data retention recycling are provided. In one embodiment, a storage system comprises a controller and a plurality of memory dies. Each of the plurality of memory dies comprises its own temperature sensor, wherein at least one of the memory dies is characterized by a relatively lower endurance than at least one other of the memory dies, and wherein the at least one of the memory dies with the relatively lower endurance is positioned farther away from the controller than the at least one other of the memory dies.