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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2023
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Akira Goda, Setagaya, JP;
Kishore K. Muchherla, San Jose, CA (US);
Shyam Sunder Raghunathan, Woodlands, SG;
Leo Raimondo, Avezzano, IT;
Jung Sheng Hoei, Newark, CA (US);
Xiangang Luo, Fremont, CA (US);
Ashutosh Malshe, Fremont, CA (US);
Jianmin Huang, San Carlos, CA (US);
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Abstract
An apparatus can comprise a memory array comprising a plurality of strings of memory cells. Each string of the plurality of strings can comprise: a first group of memory cells coupled to a first group of access lines and corresponding to a first erase block; and a second group of memory cells coupled to a second group of access lines and corresponding to a second erase block. A controller is coupled to the memory array and configured to: perform a programming operation on the first group of memory cells of the first erase block; monitor a quantity of programming and/or erase operations performed on the second group of memory cells subsequent to the programming of the first group of memory cells; and perform an action on the first erase block responsive to the quantity of programming and/or erase operations performed on the second group of memory cells meeting a criteria.