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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2024
Applicant:
Winbond Electronics Corp., Taichung City, TW;
Inventor:
Chung-Meng Huang, Hsin-Chu City, TW;
Assignee:
Winbond Electronics Corp., Taichung City, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/34 (2006.01); G11C 16/10 (2006.01); G11C 16/16 (2006.01); G11C 16/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/3472 (2013.01); G11C 16/102 (2013.01); G11C 16/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
The disclosure provides a memory device and a control method thereof. The control method of the memory device includes: receiving an erase command and performing an erasing operation on a memory block; when a plurality of suspend events occurs during the erasing operation, counting a resume number of the resume events respectively corresponding to a plurality of suspend events or a suspend number of the suspend events; and during the erasing operation, performing a first soft-program operation on the memory block when the resume number or the suspend number is greater than or equal to a threshold value.