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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2022
Applicant:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Inventors:
Ashutosh Malshe, Fremont, CA (US);
Antonio D. Bianco, Boise, ID (US);
Assignee:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 12/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/064 (2013.01); G06F 3/0619 (2013.01); G06F 3/0652 (2013.01); G06F 3/0659 (2013.01); G06F 3/0679 (2013.01); G06F 12/0253 (2013.01); G06F 2212/7211 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method includes determining a health characteristic value of a block of memory cells, determining a difference between the health characteristic value and a health threshold, determining, based on the difference, a weight to associate with a block of memory cells, selecting, based on the weight, a block of memory cells for a media management operation; and performing a media management operation on the selected block of memory cells.