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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2022
Applicant:
Sandisk Technologies Llc, Addison, TX (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
SanDisk Technologies, LLC, Addison, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/22 (2006.01); G11C 16/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/10 (2013.01); G11C 7/227 (2013.01);
Abstract
The memory device includes a plurality of dies, and each die includes a plurality of blocks with a plurality of word lines. Some of the word lines are arranged in a plurality of exclusive OR (XOR) sets with each XOR set containing word lines in the same positions across the plurality of dies. The memory device further includes a controller that is configured to program the word lines of the blocks of at least one of the dies in a first programming direction. The controller is further configured to program the word lines of the blocks of at least one other die in a second programming direction that is opposite of the first programming direction.