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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.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2024

Filed:

Apr. 06, 2022
Applicant:

Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Eran Sharon, Rishon Lezion, IL;

Nika Yanuka, Hadera, IL;

Idan Alrod, Herzeliya, IL;

Alexander Bazarsky, Holon, IL;

Evgeny Mekhanik, Rehovot, IL;

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/04 (2006.01); G11C 7/04 (2006.01); G11C 16/08 (2006.01); G11C 16/10 (2006.01); G11C 16/24 (2006.01); G11C 16/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/102 (2013.01); G11C 7/04 (2013.01); G11C 16/08 (2013.01); G11C 16/24 (2013.01); G11C 16/26 (2013.01); G11C 2207/2254 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method for calibrating read threshold voltages includes performing a plurality of read operations, determining to perform a read level tracking method, and performing the read level tracking method. The determining may be based on a temperature change or a bit error rate (BER). The read level tracking method includes determining the BER of an indicative word line, determining an adjusted read threshold level based on the BER, and adjusting read threshold levels according to the adjusted read threshold level.


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