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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2015
Applicant:
Sandisk Technologies Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
SanDisk Technologies LLC, Plano, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/58 (2006.01); G11C 16/10 (2006.01); G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G11C 29/36 (2006.01); G11C 29/42 (2006.01); G11C 16/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/10 (2013.01); G06F 7/588 (2013.01); G06F 12/00 (2013.01); G06F 13/00 (2013.01); G11C 29/36 (2013.01); G11C 29/42 (2013.01); G11C 16/0483 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device includes a non-volatile memory and a controller coupled to the non-volatile memory. The controller is configured to initiate writing of first data to a first portion of a group of storage elements of the non-volatile memory. The controller is further configured to initiate writing of shaped dummy data to a second portion of the group of storage elements.