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Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2023

Filed:

Dec. 16, 2020
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Vamsi Pavan Rayaprolu, San Jose, CA (US);

Michael Sheperek, Longmont, CO (US);

Christopher M. Smitchger, Garden City, ID (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 29/02 (2006.01); G11C 29/12 (2006.01); G11C 29/50 (2006.01); G11C 29/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 29/021 (2013.01); G11C 29/12005 (2013.01); G11C 29/44 (2013.01); G11C 29/50004 (2013.01); G11C 2207/2254 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods are disclosed including a memory device and a processing device operatively coupled to the memory device. The processing device can perform operations including determining a value of a data state metric of a memory page; responsive to the data state metric satisfying a first threshold criterion, determining a value of a voltage distribution metric associated with the page; and responsive to the voltage distribution metric value satisfying a second threshold criterion, performing a media management operation with respect to a block associated with the page.


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