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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2022
Filed:
May. 13, 2021
Applicant:
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Yongjune Kim, San Jose, CA (US);
Yoocharn Jeon, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Won Ho Choi, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Cyril Guyot, San Jose, CA (US);
Yuval Cassuto, Haifa, IL;
Assignee:
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/16 (2006.01); G06F 12/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/1675 (2013.01); G06F 12/0238 (2013.01); G11C 11/161 (2013.01); G11C 11/1655 (2013.01); G11C 11/1657 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus is provided that includes a memory device including a plurality of sub-arrays, and a memory controller. The memory controller is configured to determine a value of a parameter of a corresponding write pulse for each bit of a word based on a relative importance of each bit, and write each bit of the word to a corresponding one of the plurality of sub-arrays using the corresponding write pulses.