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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2016
Applicant:
Sandisk Technologies Inc., Plano, TN (US);
Inventors:
Joanna Lai, San Jose, CA (US);
Nian Niles Yang, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
SanDisk Technologies LLC, Plano, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/04 (2006.01); G11C 16/16 (2006.01); G11C 11/56 (2006.01); G11C 16/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/5635 (2013.01); G11C 11/5628 (2013.01); G11C 16/10 (2013.01); G11C 16/16 (2013.01); G11C 2211/5641 (2013.01);
Abstract
A storage system and method for using hybrid blocks with sub-block erase operations are provided. In one embodiment, a storage system is provided comprising a memory comprising a block, wherein the block comprises a first sub-block and a second sub-block; and a controller in communication with the memory. The controller is configured to erase the first sub-block, wherein the second sub-block is programmed; and program the first sub-block to fewer bits per cell than the second sub-block is programmed to. Other embodiments are provided.