Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Read threshold optimization in flash memories
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Application No.: US15620179Application Date: 2017-06-12
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Publication No.: US10347331B2Publication Date: 2019-07-09
- Inventor: Fan Zhang , June Lee , David Pignatelli
- Applicant: SK Hynix Inc.
- Applicant Address: KR Gyeonggi-do
- Assignee: SK Hynix Inc.
- Current Assignee: SK Hynix Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Gyeonggi-do
- Agency: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
- Main IPC: G11C16/04
- IPC: G11C16/04 ; G11C11/56 ; G11C16/34 ; G11C29/02

Abstract:
A memory device includes a plurality of memory blocks, each block with multiple memory cells. Each memory block has an address and a block read threshold. The plurality of memory blocks is partitioned into clusters based on block read thresholds. The memory device also has a look-up table for storing information associating each cluster of memory blocks with a corresponding cluster read threshold. The look-up table further includes cluster boundaries defined in values of device status parameters. The memory device is configured to receive a read command to read a memory block with a read address and identify a cluster for the memory block with the read address. The memory device is also configured to select a cluster read threshold for the identified cluster from the look-up table, and use the selected cluster read threshold to perform a read operation of the memory block.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170358346A1 READ THRESHOLD OPTIMIZATION IN FLASH MEMORIES Public/Granted day:2017-12-14
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