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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2013
Applicant:
Sandisk Technologies Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Inventors:
Chris Nga Yee Avila, Saratoga, CA (US);
Gautam Ashok Dusija, Milpitas, CA (US);
Assignee:
SanDisk Technologies LLC, Plano, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/10 (2006.01); G11C 16/04 (2006.01); G11C 11/56 (2006.01); G11C 16/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/10 (2013.01); G11C 11/5628 (2013.01); G11C 16/0408 (2013.01); G11C 16/22 (2013.01); G11C 16/0483 (2013.01); G11C 2211/5641 (2013.01); G11C 2213/71 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a multi-level cell (MLC) nonvolatile memory array, data is assigned sequentially to the lower and upper page of a word line, then both lower and upper pages are programmed together before programming a subsequent word line. Word lines of multiple planes are programmed together using latches to hold data until all data is transferred. Tail-ends of data of write commands are stored separately.