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Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2023

Filed:

Apr. 28, 2022
Applicant:

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

Inventor:

Roland J. Awusie, Boise, ID (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 29/00 (2006.01); G11C 29/44 (2006.01); G11C 29/38 (2006.01); G11C 11/56 (2006.01); G11C 16/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 29/44 (2013.01); G11C 29/38 (2013.01); G11C 11/5621 (2013.01); G11C 16/0483 (2013.01);
Abstract

A first pool of blocks of a memory device is determined, wherein blocks of the first pool are associated with storing system data at a single bit per memory cell. A second pool of blocks of the memory device is determined, wherein blocks of the second pool are associated with storing user data at a plurality of bits per memory cell. In response to detecting a failure associated with a particular block of the second pool of blocks, the particular block is added to the first pool of blocks.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Awusie, Roland. (2023). Bad block management for memory sub-systems (U.S. Patent No. 11749373). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11749373

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