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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2016
Applicant:
Sandisk Technologies Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Inventors:
Ashish Ghai, San Jose, CA (US);
Yuvaraj Krishnamoorthy, San Jose, CA (US);
Ekamdeep Singh, San Jose, CA (US);
Kalpana Vakati, Fremont, CA (US);
Maythin Uthayopas, San Jose, CA (US);
Mark Shlick, Ganey-Tikva, IL;
Srikar Peesari, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
SanDisk Technologies LLC, Plano, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/34 (2006.01); G11C 16/04 (2006.01); G11C 16/14 (2006.01); G11C 16/10 (2006.01); G06F 11/10 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G11C 29/52 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/14 (2013.01); G06F 3/0619 (2013.01); G06F 3/0688 (2013.01); G06F 11/1072 (2013.01); G11C 16/10 (2013.01); G11C 29/52 (2013.01);
Abstract
To prevent data loss due to latent defects, a non-volatile memory system will use a leakage detection circuit to test for small amounts of leakage that indicate that the memory is susceptible to failure.