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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2024
Applicant:
Sandisk Technologies, Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);
Assignee:
Sandisk Technologies, Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/14 (2006.01); G11C 16/16 (2006.01); G11C 16/32 (2006.01); G11C 16/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/16 (2013.01); G11C 16/32 (2013.01); G11C 16/349 (2013.01);
Abstract
An adjustable kick voltage and an adjustable time duration are adjusted/set based on one or more conditions of a non-volatile memory. During an erase process, an erase voltage pulse is applied to a set of non-volatile memory cells of the non-volatile memory including driving an erase pulse voltage magnitude to an elevated voltage that is equal to a base erase voltage plus the adjusted kick voltage for the adjusted time duration and then reducing the erase pulse voltage magnitude to the base erase voltage for the remainder of the erase voltage pulse.