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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2023
Applicant:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Inventors:
Eric N. Lee, San Jose, CA (US);
Robert W. Strong, Folsom, CA (US);
William Akin, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Jeremy Binfet, Boise, ID (US);
Assignee:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/34 (2006.01); G11C 16/10 (2006.01); G11C 16/16 (2006.01); G11C 16/26 (2006.01); G11C 16/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/16 (2013.01); G11C 16/102 (2013.01); G11C 16/26 (2013.01); G11C 16/30 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method includes receiving signaling indicative of performance of a sanitization operation to a processing device coupled to a memory device and applying a sanitization voltage to a plurality of memory blocks of the memory device. The sanitization voltage can be greater than an erase voltage of the plurality of memory blocks.