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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2020
Applicant:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Inventors:
Edward C. McGlaughlin, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Samuel E. Bradshaw, Sacramento, CA (US);
Assignee:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G11C 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 13/0033 (2013.01); G06F 3/0619 (2013.01); G06F 3/0659 (2013.01); G06F 3/0673 (2013.01); G11C 13/003 (2013.01); G11C 13/0004 (2013.01); G11C 13/0061 (2013.01); G11C 13/0069 (2013.01);
Abstract
An example method includes determining a time between writes in place to a particular memory cell, incrementing a disturb count corresponding to a neighboring memory cell by a particular count increment that is based on the time between the writes to the particular memory cell, and determining whether to check a write disturb status of the neighboring memory cell based on the incremented disturb count.