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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2024
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Nikhil Birgade, Telangana, IN;
Uday Bhasker V. Vudugandla, Telangana, IN;
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and devices for a deck-based erase function are described. A memory system may perform alternating erase operations and write operations on a virtual block configured with blocks constructed from half good blocks (HGBs). For example, the memory system may erase and subsequently write data to a first subset of HGBs associated with one or more memory dies of the memory system, before erasing and subsequently writing data to a second subset of HGBs associated with the one or more memory dies. In some cases, the memory system may determine the first subset of HGBs has been filled by the write operations, prior to erasing the second subset of HGBs. In other cases, the memory system may identify an idle time during writing to the first subset of HGBs, and begin erasing the second subset of HGBs during the idle time.