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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2014
Applicant:
Sandisk Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Inventors:
Yew Yin Ng, Milpitas, CA (US);
Gautam Dusija, Milpitas, CA (US);
Dennis S. Ea, Hayward, CA (US);
Mrinal Kochar, Milpitas, CA (US);
Assignee:
SanDisk Technologies Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/04 (2006.01); G11C 16/26 (2006.01); G11C 11/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/26 (2013.01); G11C 11/5628 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of searching for a boundary between a written portion and an unwritten portion of an open block may include performing a word line by word line binary search of a first physical area of the open block to identify a last written word line of the first physical area of the block, and subsequently, searching in at least a second physical area of the open block based on the last written word line of the first physical area of the block as identified by the binary search.