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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2014
Applicant:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Inventors:
Marco Giovanni Fontana, Milan, IT;
Massimo Montanaro, Cava Manara, IT;
Assignee:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/28 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0616 (2013.01); G06F 3/0644 (2013.01); G06F 3/0647 (2013.01); G06F 3/0679 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods for intra-sector re-ordered wear leveling include: detecting, in a memory device, a high wear sub-sector having a high wear level, the sub-sector residing in a first sector; determining a second sector of the memory device having a low wear level; swapping the first sector with the second sector; and re-ordering a position of at least one sub-sector of the first sector, the second sector, or both.