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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2023
Applicant:
Sandisk Technologies, Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);
Inventors:
Kyeongran Yoo, Mountain View, CA (US);
Henry Chin, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
Sandisk Technologies, Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/34 (2006.01); G11C 16/08 (2006.01); G11C 16/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/3459 (2013.01); G11C 16/08 (2013.01); G11C 16/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A memory device has control circuitry that is configured to perform a smart verify operation on the memory cells of a selected word line to acquire an initial programming voltage for programming subsequent word lines. Following completion of the smart verify operation, the control circuitry is configured to adjust a programming voltage by both a step size or one half of a step size and also an offset and then continue programming the memory cells of the selected word line.