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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2024
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Chong Giap Chiew, Singapore, SG;
Sean Brasfield, Boise, ID (US);
Tawalin Opastrakoon, Boise, ID (US);
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC., Boise, ID (US);
Abstract
A method for managing wear leveling in a non-volatile memory device, the method initiating, by a memory controller, a block cycling operation on a memory block within the non-volatile memory device. The method includes selecting, by the memory controller, a block cycling mode from a set of block cycling modes. The method also includes outputting, by the memory controller, a block cycling feature command to a local media controller of a memory device that includes the memory block. The method includes executing, by the local media controller, the selected block cycling mode to program the memory block responsive to the block cycling feature command to increase a wear level of the memory block.