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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2021
Sandisk Technologies, Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);
Parth Amin, Fremont, CA (US);
Anubhav Khandelwal, San Jose, CA (US);
Sandisk Technologies, Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
A memory apparatus and method of operation are provided. The apparatus includes memory cells connected to word lines and arranged in strings and configured to retain a threshold voltage corresponding to memory states. A control circuit is configured to program the memory cells to reach one of a plurality of verify levels each corresponding the memory states using a series of voltage pulses applied to the word lines during a program operation. The control circuit determines an intermediate quantity of the series of voltage pulses necessary for the memory cells associated with a selected one of the memory states to reach the one of the plurality of verify levels corresponding to the selected one of the memory states. The control circuit ends the program operation after a maximum allowable quantity of the series of voltage pulses are utilized. The maximum allowable quantity is selected based on the intermediate quantity.