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Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2026

Filed:

Aug. 29, 2024
Applicant:

Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);

Inventor:

Steven Michael Kientz, Westminster, CO (US);

Assignee:

Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 29/50 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 29/50016 (2013.01); G06F 3/0619 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system includes a memory device and a processing device operatively coupled with the memory device to perform operations including determining to perform a first scan operation on a first block of a plurality of blocks of the memory device; responsive to determining to perform the first scan operation, adding an indication of the first scan operation to a queue of pending scan operations corresponding to scanning the plurality of blocks; determining whether a number of pending scan operations of the queue of pending scan operations satisfies a threshold condition; and responsive to determining that the number of pending scan operations does not satisfy the threshold condition, causing a first subset of scan operations of the queue of pending scan operations to be performed on respective blocks of the plurality of blocks.


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