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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2023

Filed:

Dec. 21, 2021
Applicant:

Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);

Inventors:

Ezra E. Hartz, Boise, ID (US);

Joseph A. De La Cerda, Boise, ID (US);

Nicolas Soberanes, Boise, ID (US);

Christopher Moore, Redwood City, CA (US);

Bruce J. Ford, Meridian, ID (US);

Benjamin Rivera, Boise, ID (US);

Assignee:

Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/406 (2006.01); G11C 11/54 (2006.01); G11C 11/4096 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/40622 (2013.01); G11C 11/4096 (2013.01); G11C 11/40615 (2013.01); G11C 11/54 (2013.01); G11C 2211/4062 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method includes determining a quantity of refresh operations performed on a block of a memory device of a memory sub-system and determining a quantity of write operations and a quantity of read operations performed to the block. The method also includes determining the block is read dominant using the quantity of write operations and the quantity of read operations and determining whether the quantity of refresh operations has met a criteria. The method further includes, responsive to determining that the block is read dominant and that the quantity of refresh operations has met the criteria, modifying trim settings used to operate the block of the memory device.


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