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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 29, 2024
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Amit Sharma, Bangalore, IN;
Abhinandan Venugopal, Mysore, IN;
Sandisk Technologies, Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
A multi-protocol data storage device can be configured to be backwards compatible with multiple protocol versions. Each protocol version can have a different power requirement, which can result in the inability to power all of the memory dies. In some situations, it is desired to perform program operations on different meta blocks of memory. To help ensure that the program operations are performed on the same memory die when not all of the memory dies are powered, one of the program operations can be performed in a first meta block, and the other program operation can be performed in a selected smaller meta block that shares a powered memory die in common with the first meta block.