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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2024
Sandisk Technologies Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);
Sandisk Technologies, Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
A memory device includes a plurality of memory cells each configured to be programmed to a plurality of memory states and control circuitry configured to perform a programming operation to program the plurality of memory cells to respective memory states of the plurality of memory states. To perform the programming operation, the control circuity is configured to supply at least one programming pulse to the plurality of memory cells to program each of the memory cells of the plurality of memory cells to one of the plurality of memory states, and, subsequent to supplying the at least one programming pulse to program each of the plurality memory cells, perform a soft erase operation on selected memory cells of the plurality of memory cells.