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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2020
Sandisk Technologies Llc, Addison, TX (US);
Piyush A. Dhotre, Milpitas, CA (US);
Sahil Sharma, San Jose, CA (US);
Niles Yang, San Jose, CA (US);
Phil Reusswig, San Jose, CA (US);
SanDisk Technologies LLC, Addison, TX (US);
Abstract
A memory apparatus and method of operation is provided. The apparatus includes a plurality of memory cells coupled to a control circuit. The control circuit is configured to receive data indicating a data state for each memory cell of a set of memory cells of the plurality of memory cells and program, in multiple programming loops, the set of memory cells according to the data indicating the data state for each memory cell of the set of memory cells. The control circuit is further configured to determine that the programming of the set of memory cells is in a last programming loop of the multiple programming loops and in response to the determination, receive data indicating a data state for each memory cell of another set of memory cells of the plurality of memory cells.