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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2015
Applicant:
Sandisk Technologies Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Inventors:
Aaron Lee, Mountain View, CA (US);
Mrinal Kochar, San Jose, CA (US);
Abhijeet Bhalerao, San Jose, CA (US);
Mikhail Palityka, Oakville, CA;
Assignee:
SanDisk Technologies LLC, Plano, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/34 (2006.01); G11C 11/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/5628 (2013.01); G11C 11/5642 (2013.01); G11C 11/5621 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods are provided for programming multi-level non-volatile memory cells, the multi-level non-volatile memory cells accessible by a plurality of word lines. The methods include using a four-pass programming technique to program a block of the multi-level non-volatile memory cells, detecting a power cycle before completing programming of the block of the multi-level non-volatile memory cells, and upon power-up initialization, resuming programming on the block of the multi-level non-volatile memory cells.