Fractured erase system and method

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9524247
APP PUB NO 20150169463A1
SERIAL NO

14630238

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Efficient and convenient storage systems and methods are presented. In one embodiment, a fractured erase process is performed in which a pre-program process, erase process and soft program process are initiated independently. Memory cells can be pre-programmed and conditioned independent of an erase command. The initiation of the independent pre-programming is partitioned from an erase command which is partitioned from initiation of a soft-programming command. A cell is erased wherein the erasing includes erase operations that are partitioned from the pre-preprogramming process. In one embodiment, the independent pre-program process is run in the background.

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  • CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Nazarian, Hagop Artin San Jose, US 3 16
Zitlaw, Clifford A Sunnyvale, US 8 37

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