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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2017
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Purval Shyam Sule, Folsom, CA (US);
Aliasgar S. Madraswala, Folsom, CA (US);
Shantanu R. Rajwade, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Trupti Ramkrishna Bemalkhedkar, Folsom, CA (US);
Leonard Aaron Turcios, Folsom, CA (US);
Kristopher H. Gaewsky, El Dorado Hills, CA (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a memory comprising a first group of memory cells, a second group of memory cells, and a controller to program one or more lower pages of data to the first group of memory cells; store dynamic start voltage information, the dynamic start voltage information indicative of a rate of programming of at least a portion of the first group of memory cells; determine a start program voltage based on the dynamic start voltage information; and apply the start program voltage to the second group of memory cells during a first program pass of a program operation, the program operation to program one or more lower pages of data to the second group of memory cells.