US Patent Application 17830166. MANAGING QUAD-LEVEL CELL COMPACTION STRATEGY OF A MEMORY DEVICE simplified abstract

MANAGING QUAD-LEVEL CELL COMPACTION STRATEGY OF A MEMORY DEVICE

Organization Name

Micron Technology, Inc.

Inventor(s)

Vamsi Pavan Rayaprolu of Santa Clara CA (US)

Sampath K. Ratnam of Boise ID (US)

Patrick R. Khayat of San Diego CA (US)

James Fitzpatrick of Laguna Niguel CA (US)

Kishore Kumar Muchherla of Fremont CA (US)

Sivagnanam Parthasarathy of Carlsbad CA (US)

Ashutosh Malshe of Fremont CA (US)

MANAGING QUAD-LEVEL CELL COMPACTION STRATEGY OF A MEMORY DEVICE - A simplified explanation of the abstract

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 17830166 titled 'MANAGING QUAD-LEVEL CELL COMPACTION STRATEGY OF A MEMORY DEVICE

Simplified Explanation

The patent application describes a method for compacting data in a memory device based on its characteristics.

• The method involves identifying a compaction strategy from a set of strategies for transferring data from a single-level cell (SLC) to a quad-level cell (QLC) in the memory device.
• The method receives data from a host system and performs a compaction operation on the data using the identified strategy.
• The purpose of the method is to optimize the use of memory space and improve efficiency in data storage.
• The method can be applied to various types of memory devices and can be customized based on the specific characteristics of each device.

Original Abstract Submitted

One of a plurality of compaction strategies to be performed on the memory device based on at least one characteristic of a memory device is identified. Each of the plurality of compaction strategies is to program host data from at least one single-level cell (SLC) of the memory device to at least one quad-level cell (QLC) of the memory device. One or more host data from a host system is received. A compaction operation on the one or more host data using the one of the plurality of compaction strategies is performed.