18784315. OPERATIONS ON PARTIALLY PROGRAMMED BLOCKS (Micron Technology, Inc.)
OPERATIONS ON PARTIALLY PROGRAMMED BLOCKS
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Hanping Chen of San Jose CA US
Zhongguang Xu of San Jose CA US
OPERATIONS ON PARTIALLY PROGRAMMED BLOCKS
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18784315 titled 'OPERATIONS ON PARTIALLY PROGRAMMED BLOCKS
Original Abstract Submitted
Apparatuses and methods for performing read operations on partially programmed blocks are provided. One example apparatus can include a controller configured to apply a read voltage to the first inner word line in the array of memory cells during a read operation on the first inner word line, apply a first pass voltage to a second inner word line adjacent to the first inner word line and to a third inner word line adjacent to the first inner word line, apply a second pass voltage to a number of unprogrammed word lines in the array of memory cells in response to determining the read request is for data stored on the first inner word line of the partially programmed block, and apply a third pass voltage to a first number of inner word lines of the number of word lines that are nonadjacent to the first inner word line.