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Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2017

Filed:

Oct. 02, 2014
Applicant:

Sandisk Technologies Inc., Plano, TX (US);

Inventors:

Ting Luo, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Jianmin Huang, San Carlos, CA (US);

Changyuan Chen, San Ramon, CA (US);

Guirong Liang, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Assignee:

SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC, Plano, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/34 (2006.01); G11C 29/46 (2006.01); G11C 29/02 (2006.01); G11C 7/20 (2006.01); G11C 29/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/349 (2013.01); G11C 7/20 (2013.01); G11C 29/025 (2013.01); G11C 29/46 (2013.01); G06F 2201/81 (2013.01); G11C 2029/0407 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method includes, responsive to a power-up event at a data storage device that includes a memory, reading a flag stored at the data storage device and determining that the flag has a first value indicating that a reflow operation has not previously been detected at the memory. The method also includes, in response to determining that the flag has the first value, performing reflow detection at the memory. The method further includes, in response to the reflow detection indicating that the reflow operation has occurred, setting the flag to a second value.


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