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Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2026

Filed:

Apr. 26, 2024
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Yu-Chung Lien, San Jose, CA (US);

Zhenming Zhou, San Jose, CA (US);

Shyam Sunder Raghunathan, Singapore, SG;

Tingjun Xie, Milpitas, CA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/10 (2006.01); G11C 16/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/102 (2013.01); G11C 16/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

A processing device, operatively coupled with a memory device, receives a request to perform a programming operation on a first set of a block addressable by a first wordline of a first die of the memory device, wherein the first die comprises a plurality of decks of the memory device. The processing device identifies, based on a predefined usage type associated with the first die, a deck of the plurality of decks for performing the programming operation; and performing the programming operation on a second set of cells of the block addressable by the first wordline residing on the identified deck of the first die.


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