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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:
Jan. 23, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2015
Applicant:
Sandisk Technologies Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
SanDisk Technologies LLC, Plano, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0625 (2013.01); G06F 1/3268 (2013.01); G06F 1/3275 (2013.01); G06F 1/3296 (2013.01); G06F 3/064 (2013.01); G06F 3/0688 (2013.01); Y02B 60/1228 (2013.01); Y02B 60/1246 (2013.01); Y02B 60/1285 (2013.01);
Abstract
A memory system and method for reducing peak current consumption. In one embodiment, a method is provided that is performed in a memory system comprising a memory with a plurality of blocks, wherein each block has a peak current consumption. In this method, a plurality of metablocks is created, wherein each metablock is created by grouping together blocks with complementary peak current consumption. Next, the metablocks are programmed. Because each of the metablocks has blocks with complementary peak current consumption, each of the metablocks has similar peak current consumption when programmed. Other embodiments are provided.