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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2022
Filed:
May. 29, 2020
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Mayank Gupta, Bangalore, IN;
Phani Raghavendra Yasasvi Gangavarapu, Bangalore, IN;
Arun Balakrishnan, Bangalore, IN;
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A memory controller includes, in one embodiment, a memory interface and a controller circuit. The memory interface is configured to interface with a memory having a plurality of wordlines. The controller circuit is configured to program, with foggy-fine programming, a first portion of the plurality of wordlines to store first program data, program, with the foggy-fine programming, one or more wordlines of the plurality of wordlines in a non-fine state, the one or more wordlines neighboring the first portion, and program, with the foggy-fine programming, a second portion of the plurality of wordlines to store second program data, the second portion neighboring the one or more wordlines.