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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2012
Applicants:
Mehdi Asnaashari, Danville, CA (US);
Yu-song Liao, San Jose, CA (US);
Siamack Nemazie, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Inventors:
Mehdi Asnaashari, Danville, CA (US);
Yu-Song Liao, San Jose, CA (US);
Siamack Nemazie, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Assignee:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G11C 16/06 (2006.01); G06F 11/10 (2006.01); G11C 29/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/06 (2013.01); G06F 11/1012 (2013.01); G11C 29/04 (2013.01); G11C 2029/0411 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure includes methods, devices, modules, and systems for operating semiconductor memory. A number of method embodiments include reading data from memory cells corresponding to a sector of data, determining a number of the memory cells in a non-erased state, and, if the number of the memory cells in a non-erased state is less than or equal to a number of errors correctable by an ECC engine, determining the sector is erased.