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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2012
Applicants:
Jeffrey W. Lutze, San Jose, CA (US);
Yan LI, Milpitas, CA (US);
Inventors:
Jeffrey W. Lutze, San Jose, CA (US);
Yan Li, Milpitas, CA (US);
Assignee:
Sandisk Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/04 (2006.01); G11C 16/16 (2006.01); G11C 16/34 (2006.01); G11C 11/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/16 (2013.01); G11C 16/3404 (2013.01); G11C 16/0483 (2013.01); G11C 16/3418 (2013.01); G11C 11/5635 (2013.01);
Abstract
A non-volatile storage system performs programming for a plurality of non-volatile storage elements and selectively performs re-erasing of at least a subset of the non-volatile storage elements that were supposed to remain erased, without intentionally erasing programmed data.