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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2026
Filed:
May. 31, 2024
Sandisk Technologies Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);
Sandisk Technologies, Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
A memory apparatus has memory cells grouped into a first plane and a second plane and are configured to retain a threshold voltage corresponding to data states. A control means applies one of a plurality of program pulses followed by a verify pulse of at least one verify voltage to a group of the memory cells of the first plane and the second plane during one of a plurality of program-verify iterations. The control means terminates programming of one of the first plane or the second plane prior to completing programming of the one of the first plane or the second plane in response to determining the one of first plane or the second plane programs slower. The terminated plane is additionally determined based on sensing the threshold voltage of the memory cells for a long sense time longer than used during the one of the plurality of program-verify iterations.