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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2020
Applicant:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Inventors:
Qiang Tang, Cupertino, CA (US);
Theodore T. Pekny, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/12 (2006.01); G11C 16/34 (2006.01); G11C 11/56 (2006.01); G11C 16/10 (2006.01); G06F 11/10 (2006.01); G11C 16/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/12 (2013.01); G06F 11/1048 (2013.01); G11C 11/5628 (2013.01); G11C 16/10 (2013.01); G11C 16/225 (2013.01); G11C 16/3459 (2013.01); G11C 2211/5621 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods of operating apparatus, as well as apparatus configured to perform such methods, include checking whether power loss to the apparatus during programming of user data to a grouping of memory cells of the apparatus is indicated, and, when power loss is indicated, checking feature settings of the apparatus to determine a location of the apparatus containing an address of the grouping of memory cells, and recovering the address of the grouping of memory cells from the determined location.