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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2022
Sandisk Technologies Llc, Addison, TX (US);
Xiang Yang, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Wei Cao, Fremont, CA (US);
SanDisk Technologies LLC, Addison, TX (US);
Abstract
The memory device has a plurality of memory blocks including a plurality of memory cells arranged in a plurality of word lines. The memory device also includes control circuitry that is in communication with the plurality of memory blocks. The control circuitry is configured to receive a data write instruction. The control circuitry is further configured to program the memory cells of the memory blocks to an SLC format. In response to the data programmed to the memory cells of the memory blocks in the SLC format reaching an SLC limit prior to completion of the data write instruction, without erasing the memory cells programmed to the SLC format, the control circuitry is configured to program the memory cells of at least some of the plurality of memory blocks from the SLC format to a TLC format.