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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:
Jul. 07, 2020

Filed:

May. 21, 2019
Applicant:

Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Rohit Sehgal, San Jose, CA (US);

Grishma Shah, Milpitas, CA (US);

Sahil Sharma, San Jose, CA (US);

Phil Reusswig, Mountain View, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/00 (2006.01); G11C 16/10 (2006.01); G11C 16/08 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G11C 16/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/10 (2013.01); G06F 3/064 (2013.01); G06F 3/0604 (2013.01); G06F 3/0659 (2013.01); G06F 3/0679 (2013.01); G11C 16/08 (2013.01); G11C 16/0483 (2013.01);
Abstract

In one embodiment, there is a system comprising a first group of blocks connected to a first address line, a second group of blocks connected to a second address line separate and distinct from the first address line, a host controller (or memory device) configured to: allocate a single open block to each of: the first group of blocks connected to the first address line that transmits an address signal generated by a first peripheral circuitry module, and the second group of blocks connected to the second address line that transmits an address signal generated by a second peripheral circuitry module; in response to receiving a first program request: program the open block in the first group of blocks connected to the first address line in response to a first program request in response to receiving a second program request separate and distinct from the first program request: forego programming any of the blocks in the first group of blocks connected to the first address line; and program one of the blocks in the second group of blocks connected to the second address line.


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