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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2021
Applicant:
Sandisk Technologies Llc, Addison, TX (US);
Inventors:
Xue Bai Pitner, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Yu-Chung Lien, San Jose, CA (US);
Deepanshu Dutta, Fremont, CA (US);
Huai-yuan Tseng, San Ramon, CA (US);
Ravi Kumar, Redwood City, CA (US);
Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/04 (2006.01); G11C 16/34 (2006.01); G11C 16/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/3459 (2013.01); G11C 16/0483 (2013.01); G11C 16/10 (2013.01); G11C 2216/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for programming a memory block of a non-volatile memory structure, wherein the method provides, during a program verify operation, selecting only a partial segment of memory cells of a memory block for bit scan mode, applying a sensing bias voltage to one or more bit lines of the memory block associated with the selected memory cells, and initiating a bit scan mode of the selected memory cells.