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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2016
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Charan Srinivasan, Cupertino, CA (US);
Eyal Gurgi, Herzliya Pituah, IL;
Assignee:
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/04 (2006.01); G11C 16/34 (2006.01); G11C 16/10 (2006.01); G11C 16/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/3431 (2013.01); G11C 16/10 (2013.01); G11C 16/26 (2013.01); G11C 16/3459 (2013.01);
Abstract
A storage device includes multiple memory cells and storage circuitry. The storage circuitry is configured to write data to a group of the memory cells by applying to the group of the memory cells up to a maximal number of programming pulses. The storage circuitry is further configured to evaluate, after applying less than the maximal number of programming pulses, a criterion that predicts whether or not the data will be written successfully within the maximal number of programming pulses, and when the criterion predicts that writing the data will fail, to perform a corrective operation.