Retention margin program verification

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7616499
APP PUB NO 20080158989A1
SERIAL NO

11617541

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Data verification in a memory device using a portion of a data retention margin is provided. A bit count is read from the region to determine whether errors will result in the memory. A read in one or more retention margin portions is performed after the normal program verify sequence and if the number of bits in these regions is more than a pre-set the memory will fail verify status. A method of verifying data in a memory device includes the steps of: defining an retention margin between adjacent data thresholds; programming the memory device with data; determining whether bits are present in the data retention margin; and if the number of bits in the retention margin exceeds a threshold, generating an error.

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  • SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Chen, Jian San Jose , US 1536 22455
Li, Yan Milpitas , US 1327 19600
Lutze, Jeffrey W San Jose , US 96 3623
Mak, Alex Los Altos Hills , US 15 362
Wan, Jun Sunnyvale , US 122 2362

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