US Patent Application 17825439. PARTIAL BLOCK HANDLING PROTOCOL IN A NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE simplified abstract
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PARTIAL BLOCK HANDLING PROTOCOL IN A NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE
Organization Name
Inventor(s)
Zhongguang Xu of San Jose CA (US)
Tingjun Xie of Milpitas CA (US)
Murong Lang of San Jose CA (US)
PARTIAL BLOCK HANDLING PROTOCOL IN A NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE - A simplified explanation of the abstract
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 17825439 titled 'PARTIAL BLOCK HANDLING PROTOCOL IN A NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE
Simplified Explanation
The patent application describes a protocol for handling a closed block of memory in a processing device's memory sub-system.
- The block consists of multiple wordlines.
- The processing device sends a first programming command to the memory device to program adjacent wordlines of the block with first padding data.
- The processing device also sends a second programming command to concurrently program the remaining wordlines of the block to a threshold voltage.
Original Abstract Submitted
A processing device in a memory sub-system initiates a partial block handling protocol for a closed block of a memory device. The block includes a plurality of wordlines. The processing device further sends a first programming command to the memory device to program one or more wordlines of the block with first padding data. The one or more wordlines are adjacent to a last wordline of the block programmed before the block was closed. In addition, the processing device sends a second programming command to the memory device to concurrently program a remaining set of the plurality of wordlines of the block to a threshold voltage.
