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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2013
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Michael Murray, Mountain View, CA (US);
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments comprise a method, the method comprising determining whether each of a plurality of memory blocks in a memory device is defective, wherein the plurality of memory blocks are organized into memory block groups, and one of the memory block groups comprises a base memory block group; forming a grouping of non-defective memory blocks; forming a remapped grouping of memory blocks that includes a non-defective memory block from the base memory block group and at least one non-defective memory block in another memory block group that includes a defective memory block; and storing a mapping of the remapped grouping in at least one of the memory device and a processor coupled to the memory device.