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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 01, 2018
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Ryan James Goss, Prior Lake, MN (US);
Antoine Khoueir, Edina, MN (US);
Ara Patapoutian, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Seagate Technology LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed for open block stability scanning. When a solid state memory block remains in an open state, where the block is only partially filled with written data, for a prolonged period of time, a circuit may perform a scan on the block to determine the stability of the stored data. When the scan indicates that the data is below a stability threshold, the data may be refreshed by reading the data and writing it to a new location. When the scan indicates that the data is above a stability threshold, the circuit may extend the time period in which the block may remain in the open state.