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Granted Patent B2
US 12,347,511 · App. 18/423,819 · Granted Jul 1, 2025

Tracking charge loss in memory sub-systems

Inventor: Guang Shen (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
G11C29/50004G06F3/0619G06F3/0653G06F3/0679
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Patent No.
US 12,347,511
App. No.
18/423,819
Granted
Jul 1, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a system that comprises a memory device and a processing device, operatively coupled with the memory device, to perform operations that include computing an adjustment value of a threshold voltage offset associated with a block family of the memory device; determining that the adjustment value satisfies a threshold voltage criterion, wherein the threshold voltage criterion comprises a reference voltage level corresponding to known valley margins of the memory device; and updating the threshold voltage offset.

Claims (38)

1. A system comprising:

a memory device; and

a processing device, operatively coupled with the memory device, to perform operations comprising:

computing an adjustment value of a threshold voltage offset associated with a block family of the memory device;

determining that the adjustment value satisfies a threshold voltage criterion, wherein the threshold voltage criterion comprises a reference voltage level corresponding to valley margins of the memory device; and

updating the threshold voltage offset.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:

responsive to determining that the adjustment value satisfies the threshold voltage criterion, scanning the block family.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein a triggering event is a memory cell programming event associated with the block family.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the adjustment value is represented by a function of time raised to a power of a first coefficient and multiplied by a second coefficient, wherein at least one of the first and the second coefficients reflects a temperature of a memory component carrying one or more blocks of a plurality of blocks comprised by the block family.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:

storing, on the memory device, metadata reflecting the adjustment value and the threshold voltage offset.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein computing the adjustment value of the threshold voltage offset is performed by a hardware accelerator.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the block family is identified randomly from a plurality of blocks of the memory device.

8. A method comprising:

computing an adjustment value of a threshold voltage offset associated with a block family of a memory device;

determining that the adjustment value satisfies a threshold voltage criterion, wherein the threshold voltage criterion comprises a reference voltage level corresponding to known valley margins of the memory device; and

updating the threshold voltage offset.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

responsive to determining that the adjustment value satisfies the threshold voltage criterion, scanning the block family.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein a triggering event comprises a memory cell programming event associated with the block family.

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein the adjustment value is represented by a function of time raised to a power of a first coefficient and multiplied by a second coefficient, wherein at least one of the first and the second coefficients reflects a temperature of a memory component carrying one or more blocks of a plurality of blocks comprised by the block family.

12. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

storing, on the memory device, metadata reflecting the adjustment value and the threshold voltage offset.

13. The method of claim 8 , wherein computing the adjustment value of the threshold voltage offset is performed by a hardware accelerator.

14. The method of claim 8 , wherein the block family is identified randomly from a plurality of blocks of the memory device.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processing device, cause the processing device to perform operations comprising:

computing an adjustment value of a threshold voltage offset associated with a block

family of a memory device;

determining that the adjustment value satisfies a threshold voltage criterion, wherein the threshold voltage criterion comprises a reference voltage level corresponding to known valley margins of the memory device; and

updating the threshold voltage offset.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the processing device is to perform operations further comprising:

responsive to determining that the adjustment value satisfies the threshold voltage criterion, scanning the block family.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein a triggering event comprises a memory cell programming event associated with the block family.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the adjustment value is represented by a function of time raised to a power of a first coefficient and multiplied by a second coefficient, wherein at least one of the first and the second coefficients reflects a temperature of a memory component carrying one or more blocks of a plurality of blocks comprised by the block family.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the processing device is to perform operations further comprising:

storing, on the memory device, metadata reflecting the adjustment value and the threshold voltage offset.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein computing the adjustment value of the threshold voltage offset is performed by a hardware accelerator.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 7, 2024
From: SHEN, GUANG
To: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
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Continuity (2)
Continuation 17419107
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