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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:
Mar. 04, 2025

Filed:

Aug. 24, 2023
Applicant:

Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);

Inventors:

Guang Hu, Mountain View, CA (US);

Ting Luo, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Assignee:

Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0619 (2013.01); G06F 3/0634 (2013.01); G06F 3/0679 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system comprises a memory device including a plurality of management units and a processing device. The processing device is operatively coupled with the memory device and configured to place the plurality of management units into a first protective state by erasing the plurality of management units, identify a cursor satisfying a cursor definition, identify a subset of the plurality of management units based on a location, on the memory device, referenced by the cursor, and place a selected management unit of the subset of the plurality of management units into a second protective state by programming a protective data pattern to the selected management unit.


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