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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2014
Applicant:
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Inventors:
David S. Seekins, Shakopee, MN (US);
Dennis M. Rolland, Santa Ana, CA (US);
Assignee:
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/10 (2006.01); G11C 11/56 (2006.01); G06F 12/02 (2006.01); G11C 29/52 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/5628 (2013.01); G06F 11/1072 (2013.01); G06F 12/02 (2013.01); G06F 12/0246 (2013.01); G06F 12/0253 (2013.01); G11C 29/52 (2013.01); G06F 2212/7201 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed for programming data in a non-volatile memory array are disclosed. Certain embodiments provide a non-volatile solid-state memory array and a controller configured to receive write data from a host device, program the write data to a first block of the memory array in a lower-page-only (LPO) programming mode, and perform a data consolidation operation on the first block, wherein said performing garbage collection comprises programming at least a portion of the write data to a second block not in LPO programming mode.