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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:
May. 14, 2019

Filed:

May. 04, 2018
Applicant:

Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Dana L. Simonson, Owatonna, MN (US);

Kristofer C. Conklin, Burnsville, MN (US);

Ryan J. Goss, Prior Lake, MN (US);

Robert W. Moss, Windsor, CO (US);

Stacey Secatch, Longmont, CO (US);

Assignee:

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/28 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0605 (2013.01); G06F 3/061 (2013.01); G06F 3/064 (2013.01); G06F 3/0619 (2013.01); G06F 3/0644 (2013.01); G06F 3/0659 (2013.01); G06F 3/0679 (2013.01); G06F 12/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods for enhanced read recovery based on write time information are described. In one embodiment, the systems and methods include opening a block of flash memory cells for programming, tracking a block open time, and performing a read operation of a programmed page from the block based at least in part on the block open time. In some embodiments, the block includes a plurality of pages, each page including a plurality of flash memory cells. In some cases, the block open time includes an amount of time between the block opening for programming to a time the block closes for programming.


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