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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2024
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Yu-Chung Lien, San Jose, CA (US);
Zhongguang Xu, San Jose, CA (US);
Peng Zhang, Los Altos, CA (US);
Zhenming Zhou, San Jose, CA (US);
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Abstract
A system includes a memory device and a processing device, operatively coupled with the memory device, to perform operations including: identifying a block of the memory device, the block spanning over a plurality of decks; determining whether a set of memory cells of the memory device is disposed in a first deck of the block or a second deck of the block, the first deck having a memory reliability metric satisfying a first criterion pertaining to a reliability of a deck, and the second deck having a memory reliability metric not satisfying the first criterion; selecting, based on the determination, an erase policy for performing an erase operation with respect to the set of memory cells; and causing the erase operation to be performed with respect to the set of memory cells in accordance with the erase policy.