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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.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2018

Filed:

Jul. 28, 2016
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Eyal Gurgi, Petah-Tikva, IL;

Yoav Kasorla, Kfar Netar, IL;

Barak Rotbard, Tel-Aviv, IL;

Shai Ojalvo, Moshav Olesh, IL;

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/07 (2006.01); G06F 11/263 (2006.01); G11C 11/16 (2006.01); G11C 11/56 (2006.01); G11C 13/00 (2006.01); G11C 16/10 (2006.01); G11C 16/34 (2006.01); G11C 29/12 (2006.01); G11C 29/38 (2006.01); G11C 29/44 (2006.01); G11C 29/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 29/38 (2013.01); G06F 11/07 (2013.01); G06F 11/073 (2013.01); G06F 11/0772 (2013.01); G06F 11/263 (2013.01); G11C 11/1677 (2013.01); G11C 11/5628 (2013.01); G11C 11/5635 (2013.01); G11C 11/5678 (2013.01); G11C 13/0035 (2013.01); G11C 13/0064 (2013.01); G11C 13/0069 (2013.01); G11C 13/0097 (2013.01); G11C 16/10 (2013.01); G11C 16/3459 (2013.01); G11C 29/12015 (2013.01); G11C 29/44 (2013.01); G11C 29/50012 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for data storage includes receiving in a memory device data for storage in a group of memory cells. The data is stored in the group by performing a Program and Verify (P&V) process, which applies to the memory cells in the group a sequence of programming pulses and compares respective analog values of the memory cells in the group to respective verification thresholds. Immediately following successful completion of the P&V process, a mismatch between the stored data and the received data is detected in the memory device. An error in storage of the data is reported responsively to the mismatch.


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