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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015
Filed:
May. 22, 2014
Applicant:
Sandisk Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Inventors:
Gautam A. Dusija, Milpitas, CA (US);
Chris Avila, Saratoga, CA (US);
Deepak Raghu, Milpitas, CA (US);
Yingda Dong, San Jose, CA (US);
Man Mui, Fremont, CA (US);
Alexander Kwok-Tung Mak, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Pao-Ling Koh, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
SanDisk Technologies Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/34 (2006.01); G11C 16/10 (2006.01); G11C 16/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/10 (2013.01); G11C 16/26 (2013.01);
Abstract
Multiple bits of data are programmed together to each cell of a segment of a word line while other segments of the same word line are unprogrammed. Subsequently, additional segments are similarly programmed. Data is read from a partially programmed word line (with a mix of programmed and unprogrammed segments) using a single reading scheme.