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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2024
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Daniel J. Hubbard, Boise, ID (US);
Kishore K. Muchherla, San Jose, CA (US);
Hong Lu, San Jose, CA (US);
Xiangang Luo, Fremont, CA (US);
Akira Goda, Setagaya, JP;
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Abstract
A method can comprise receiving data corresponding to a sequence of write commands to write the data to a memory array comprising a plurality of strings of memory cells. Each string of the plurality of strings comprises: a first group of memory cells coupled to a first group of access lines and corresponding to a first erase block having a first programming characteristic; and a second group of memory cells coupled to a second group of access lines and corresponding to a second erase block having a second programming characteristic. The method can further comprise writing data sequentially to the first erase blocks of the plurality of strings and the second erase blocks of the plurality of strings in an interleaved manner by: writing a first portion of the data to one or more first erase blocks of the plurality of strings; and writing, subsequent to writing the first portion of the data to the one or more first erase blocks, a second portion of the data to one or more second erase blocks of the plurality of strings.