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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2023
Applicant:
Sandisk Technologies Llc, Addison, TX (US);
Inventors:
Parth Amin, Livermore, CA (US);
Anubhav Khandelwal, San Jose, CA (US);
Deepanshu Dutta, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
Sandisk Technologies, Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/14 (2006.01); G11C 16/34 (2006.01); G11C 16/04 (2006.01); G11C 16/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/3445 (2013.01); G11C 16/14 (2013.01); G11C 16/0483 (2013.01); G11C 16/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus is provided that includes a control circuit coupled to a plurality of non-volatile memory cells disposed in a plurality of planes. The control circuit is configured to concurrently erase a block of memory cells in each of the plurality of planes, determine that the concurrent erase failed, disconnect a first one of the planes from the plurality of planes to form first remaining planes, and concurrently erase a block of memory cells in each of the first remaining planes.