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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2013
Sandisk Technologies Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Man Lung Mui, Fremont, CA (US);
Changyuan Chen, San Ramon, CA (US);
Seungpil Lee, San Ramon, CA (US);
Yee Lih Koh, Milpitas, CA (US);
Jongmin Park, Cupertino, CA (US);
Hao Thai Nguyen, San Jose, CA (US);
Vamsi Krishna Sakhamuri, San Jose, CA (US);
SanDisk Technologies Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
In a programming operation that includes repeated bitscan, program, and verify steps, the bitscan steps may be hidden by performing bitscan in parallel with program preparation and program steps. The effect of a program step may be predicted from previous observation so that when a bitscan indicates that the memory cells are close to being programmed, a last programming step may be completed without subsequent verification or bitscan steps.