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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020
Filed:
May. 03, 2018
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Preeti Yadav, Cupertino, CA (US);
Prasanna Desai Sudhir Rao, San Ramon, CA (US);
Smita Aggarwal, San Jose, CA (US);
Dana Lee, Saratoga, CA (US);
WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A device includes a memory device and a controller. The memory device includes read/write circuitry and a plurality of memory dies. The controller is coupled to the memory device. The controller is configured to, responsive to determining that at least one storage element of a first die of the plurality of memory dies has a characteristic indicative of an aging condition, increase the temperature of the first die by performing memory operations on the first die until detecting a condition related to the temperature.