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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2013
Applicant:
Link—a—media Devices Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Kwok W. Yeung, Milpitas, CA (US);
Meng-Kun Lee, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
SK hynix memory solutions inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/04 (2006.01); G11C 11/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/5628 (2013.01);
Abstract
An instruction to perform an erase on a group of one or more memory cells is sent. An indication that the erasure of the group of memory cells is unsuccessful is received. In response to receiving the indication that the erasure of the group of memory cells is unsuccessful, the value of a voltage threshold, associated with the group of memory cells, is changed to a new voltage threshold and the new voltage threshold and identification information associated with the group of memory cells is stored.