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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2013
Applicant:
Sandisk Technologies Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Inventors:
Manuel Antonio D'Abreu, El Dorado Hills, CA (US);
Dimitris Pantelakis, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Stephen Skala, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC., Plano, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/16 (2006.01); G11C 16/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/16 (2013.01); G11C 16/3495 (2013.01);
Abstract
A data storage device includes a memory and a controller and may perform a method that includes comparing, in the controller, a count of erase pulses to an erase pulse threshold. The count of erase pulses corresponds to a particular region of the non-volatile memory. The method includes, in response to the count of erase pulse satisfying the erase pulse threshold, initiating a remedial action with respect to the particular region of the non-volatile memory.