Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Memory management
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Application No.: US17332468Application Date: 2021-05-27
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Publication No.: US11586357B2Publication Date: 2023-02-21
- Inventor: Kishore K. Muchherla , Ashutosh Malshe , Preston A. Thomson , Michael G. Miller , Sampath K. Ratnam , Renato C. Padilla , Peter Feeley
- Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US ID Boise
- Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US ID Boise
- Agency: Brooks, Cameron & Huebsch, PLLC
- Main IPC: G06F3/06
- IPC: G06F3/06 ; G11C16/10 ; G11C16/16 ; G11C16/34 ; G11C11/56

Abstract:
The present disclosure includes memory blocks erasable in a single level cell mode. A number of embodiments include a memory comprising a plurality of mixed mode blocks and a controller. The controller may be configured to identify a particular mixed mode block for an erase operation and, responsive to a determined intent to subsequently write the particular mixed mode block in a single level cell (SLC) mode, perform the erase operation in the SLC mode.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210286525A1 MEMORY MANAGEMENT Public/Granted day:2021-09-16
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