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公开(公告)号:US20240242764A1
公开(公告)日:2024-07-18
申请号:US18222735
申请日:2023-07-17
Applicant: SanDisk Technologies LLC
Inventor: Huiwen Xu , Deepanshu Dutta , Jia Li , Bo Lei , Ken Oowada
CPC classification number: G11C16/102 , G11C16/0433 , G11C16/08
Abstract: The memory device includes a plurality of hybrid memory blocks that can operate in either a single bit per memory cell mode or a multiple bits per memory cell mode. The memory blocks each include a plurality of memory cells, which are arranged in a plurality of word lines. Control circuitry is configured to program a selected word line to an SLC format. The control circuitry is further configured to determine which zone within the selected hybrid memory block the selected word line is located in and set an SLC programming voltage to a level based on the determination of the zone of the selected word line. The control circuitry is further configured to apply a programming pulse at the SLC programming voltage to the selected word line to program the memory cells of the selected word line.
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公开(公告)号:US20230282295A1
公开(公告)日:2023-09-07
申请号:US17685113
申请日:2022-03-02
Applicant: SanDisk Technologies LLC
Inventor: Yu-Chung Lien , Xue Bai Pitner , Ken Oowada
CPC classification number: G11C16/3495 , G11C16/102 , G11C16/26 , G11C16/08 , G11C16/0433
Abstract: A method for programming a target memory cell of a memory array of a non-volatile memory system, the method comprises determining a total number of erase/programming (EP) cycles that were applied previously to the memory cell and, (1) if the determined total number of cycles does not exceed a threshold value, applying an asymmetric programming scheme, and, (2) if the determined total number of cycles exceeds the threshold value, applying a symmetric programming scheme. Further, a magnitude of a boosting voltage bias (VPASS) that is to be applied to an unselected word line may be determined according to the determined total number of erase/programming (EP) cycles.
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公开(公告)号:US11688469B2
公开(公告)日:2023-06-27
申请号:US17399498
申请日:2021-08-11
Applicant: SanDisk Technologies LLC
Inventor: Dengtao Zhao , Gerrit Jan Hemink , Xiang Yang , Ken Oowada , Guirong Liang
IPC: G11C16/04 , G11C16/34 , H01L25/18 , H01L23/00 , G11C11/56 , G11C16/10 , G11C16/16 , G11C16/24 , H01L25/065
CPC classification number: G11C16/3427 , G11C11/5628 , G11C11/5635 , G11C11/5671 , G11C16/0483 , G11C16/10 , G11C16/16 , G11C16/24 , H01L24/08 , H01L25/0657 , H01L25/18 , H01L2224/08145 , H01L2225/06506 , H01L2225/06541 , H01L2225/06562 , H01L2924/1431 , H01L2924/14511
Abstract: To help reduce program disturbs in non-selected NAND strings of a non-volatile memory, a sub-block based boosting scheme in introduced. For a three dimensional NAND memory structure, in which the memory cells above a joint region form an upper sub-block and memory cells below the joint region form a lower sub-block, dummy word lines in the joint region act as select gates to allow boosting at the sub-block level when the lower block is being programmed in a reverse order.
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公开(公告)号:US20220101926A1
公开(公告)日:2022-03-31
申请号:US17034086
申请日:2020-09-28
Applicant: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Inventor: Ken Oowada , Huai-Yuan Tseng
Abstract: To improve the erase process, multiple methods of erasing are utilized. A first method of erasing is relied on at the beginning of life of the memory system. A second method is increasingly relied on as the memory system is used and undergoes many program/erase cycles. In one example, the first method of erase includes applying an erase enable voltage separately to different subsets of the word lines while word lines not receiving the erase enable voltage receive an erase inhibit voltage. In one example, the second method of erase includes applying an erase enable voltage concurrently to all subsets of the word lines.
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公开(公告)号:US20210358553A1
公开(公告)日:2021-11-18
申请号:US17360572
申请日:2021-06-28
Applicant: SanDisk Technologies LLC
Inventor: Xiang Yang , Gerrit Jan Hemink , Ken Oowada , Toru Miwa
Abstract: Technology is disclosed herein for concurrently programming the same data pattern in multiple sets of non-volatile memory cells. Voltage are applied to bit lines in accordance with a data pattern. A select voltage is applied to drain select gates of multiple sets of NAND strings. The system concurrently applies a program pulse to control gates of a different set of selected memory cells in each respective set of the multiple sets of the NAND strings while the select voltage is applied to the drain select gates of the multiple sets of the NAND strings and the voltages are applied to the plurality of bit lines to concurrently program the data pattern into each set of the selected memory cells.
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公开(公告)号:US10978156B2
公开(公告)日:2021-04-13
申请号:US16024002
申请日:2018-06-29
Applicant: SanDisk Technologies LLC
Inventor: Xiang Yang , Aaron Lee , Gerrit Jan Hemink , Ken Oowada , Toru Miwa
Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods are disclosed for concurrently programming non-volatile storage cells, such as those of an SLC NAND array. The non-volatile storage cells may be arranged into a first block comprising a first string of storage cells that intersects with a first word line at a first storage cell, a second block comprising a second string of storage cells that intersects with a second word line at a second storage cell, a bit line electrically connectable to the first string and the second string, and controller configured to apply a programming pulse, at an elevated voltage, to the first word line and second word line to concurrently program the first and second storage cells.
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公开(公告)号:US10950311B2
公开(公告)日:2021-03-16
申请号:US16456036
申请日:2019-06-28
Applicant: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Inventor: Kiyohiko Sakakibara , Ippei Yasuda , Ken Oowada , Masaaki Higashitani
IPC: G11C16/26 , G11C16/04 , G11C16/08 , G11C16/24 , G11C11/56 , G11C16/34 , H01L27/11565 , H01L27/11556 , H01L27/11582 , H01L27/11524 , H01L27/1157 , H01L27/11519
Abstract: Methods for reducing read disturb using NAND strings with poly-silicon channels and p-type doped source lines are described. During a boosted read operation for a selected memory cell transistor in a NAND string, a back-gate bias or bit line voltage may be applied to a bit line connected to the NAND string and a source line voltage greater than the bit line voltage may be applied to a source line connected to the NAND string; with these bias conditions, electrons may be injected from the bit line and annihilated in the source line during the read operation. To avoid leakage currents through NAND strings in non-selected memory blocks, the threshold voltages of source-side select gate transistors of the NAND strings may be set to a negative threshold voltage that has an absolute voltage value greater than the source line voltage applied during the read operation.
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公开(公告)号:US11894081B2
公开(公告)日:2024-02-06
申请号:US17685113
申请日:2022-03-02
Applicant: SanDisk Technologies LLC
Inventor: Yu-Chung Lien , Xue Bai Pitner , Ken Oowada
CPC classification number: G11C16/3495 , G11C16/0433 , G11C16/08 , G11C16/102 , G11C16/26
Abstract: A method for programming a target memory cell of a memory array of a non-volatile memory system, the method comprises determining a total number of erase/programming (EP) cycles that were applied previously to the memory cell and, (1) if the determined total number of cycles does not exceed a threshold value, applying an asymmetric programming scheme, and, (2) if the determined total number of cycles exceeds the threshold value, applying a symmetric programming scheme. Further, a magnitude of a boosting voltage bias (VPASS) that is to be applied to an unselected word line may be determined according to the determined total number of erase/programming (EP) cycles.
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公开(公告)号:US11646081B2
公开(公告)日:2023-05-09
申请号:US17392500
申请日:2021-08-03
Applicant: SanDisk Technologies LLC
Inventor: Xiang Yang , Peter Rabkin , Henry Chin , Ken Oowada , Dengtao Zhao , Gerrit Jan Hemink
IPC: G11C16/04 , G11C16/10 , G11C16/34 , G11C11/56 , H01L27/11565 , H01L25/065 , H01L27/11582
CPC classification number: G11C16/10 , G11C11/5671 , G11C16/0483 , G11C16/349 , H01L25/0657 , H01L27/11565 , H01L27/11582 , H01L2225/06562
Abstract: Technology is provided for extending the useful life of a block of memory cells by changing an operating parameter in a physical region of the block that is more susceptible to wear than other regions. Changing the operating parameter in the physical region extends the life of that region, which extends the life of the block. The operating parameter may be, for example, a program voltage step size or a storage capacity of the memory cells. For example, using a smaller program voltage step size in a sub-block that is more susceptible to wear extends the life of that sub-block, which extends the life of the block. For example, programming memory cells to fewer bits per cell in the region of the block (e.g., sub-block, word line) that is more susceptible to wear extends the useful life of that region, which extends the life of the block.
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公开(公告)号:US11625172B2
公开(公告)日:2023-04-11
申请号:US17349306
申请日:2021-06-16
Applicant: SanDisk Technologies LLC
Inventor: Xiang Yang , Toru Miwa , Ken Oowada , Gerrit Jan Hemink
IPC: G06F3/06
Abstract: Apparatuses and techniques are described for programming data in memory cells while concurrently storing backup data. One or more initial pages of data are programmed into both a primary block and a first backup block in a first program pass. A power loss then occurs which can corrupt the data or otherwise prevent reading of the one or more initial pages of data from the primary block. The one or more initial pages of data are read from the first backup block and used to perform a second program pass in which one or more additional pages of data are programmed into the primary block. Single bit per cell data can be stored in a second backup block to decode the one or more initial pages of data as read from the first backup block.
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