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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2024
Applicant:
Sandisk Technologies, Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sandisk Technologies, Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 29/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 29/1201 (2013.01); G11C 29/12005 (2013.01); G11C 2029/1202 (2013.01);
Abstract
While programming a first set of memory cells, a non-volatile memory apparatus determines an initial magnitude of a programming signal for a second set of memory cells based on testing during the programming of the first set of memory cells. The testing comprises sensing at a first test voltage level and sensing at a second test voltage level without apply a voltage spike between the two sensing operation. Removing the voltage spike results in a performance increase (i.e. faster programming speed) and as well as a decrease in power usage.