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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2022
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Nicola Del Gatto, Cassina de' Pecchi, IT;
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and devices for cleaning memory blocks using multiple types of write operations are described. A counter may be incremented each time a write command is received. In response to the counter reaching a threshold, the counter may be reset and a flag may be set. Each time a cleaning of a memory block is to take place, the flag may be checked. If the flag is set, the memory block may be cleaned using a second type of cleaning operation, such as one using a force write approach. Otherwise, the memory block may be cleaned using a first type of cleaning operation, such as one using a normal write approach. Once set, the flag may be reset after one or more memory blocks are cleaned using the second type of cleaning operation.