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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2022
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Kishore Kumar Muchherla, Fremont, CA (US);
Peter Feeley, Boise, ID (US);
Jiangli Zhu, San Jose, CA (US);
Fangfang Zhu, San Jose, CA (US);
Akira Goda, Tokyo, JP;
Lakshmi Kalpana Vakati, San Jose, CA (US);
Vivek Shivhare, Milpitas, CA (US);
Dave Scott Ebsen, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Sanjay Subbarao, Irvine, CA (US);
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC., Boise, ID (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatuses include receiving a write command including user data. The write command is directed to a portion of memory including a first block and a second block. A buffer is allocated for executing the write command to the first block. The buffer includes multiple buffer decks and the buffer holds the user data written to the first block. User data is programmed into the first block to a threshold percentage. The threshold percentage is less than one hundred percent of the first block. A buffer deck is invalidated in response to programming the first block to the threshold percentage. The buffer deck is reallocated to the second block for programming the user data into the second block. The buffer deck holds user data written to the second block.