IP Library Granted Patent US 10,930,352
Granted Patent B2
US 10,930,352 · App. 16/601,275 · Granted Feb 23, 2021

Temperature sensitive NAND programming

Inventors: Xiangang Luo (Fremont, CA); Jianmin Huang (San Carlos, CA); Jung Sheng Hoei (Newark, CA); Harish Reddy Singidi (Fremont, CA); Ting Luo (Santa Clara, CA); Ankit Vinod Vashi (Milpitas, CA)
Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
G11C16/10G11C7/04G11C16/349G11C16/3459
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Patent No.
US 10,930,352
App. No.
16/601,275
Granted
Feb 23, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Devices and techniques temperature sensitive NAND programming are disclosed herein. A device controller can receive a command to write data to a component of the device. A temperature can be obtained in response to the command, and the temperature can be combined with a temperature compensation value to calculate a verification level. The command can then be executed in accordance with the verification level.

Claims (47)

1. A memory device for temperature sensitive programming, the memory device comprising:

an array of memory components; and

a controller configured to, when in operation, perform operations comprising:

obtaining a temperature for a memory component in the array of memory components during a write to the memory component;

calculating a verification read voltage for a write verification from the temperature; and

controlling repeated application of a program pulse to the memory component to perform the write until the memory component can be read using the verification read voltage.

2. The memory device of claim 1 comprising a non-transitory machine readable medium that includes instructions that, when executed by the controller, configure the controller to perform the operations.

3. The memory device of claim 1 , wherein obtaining the temperature includes obtaining the temperature from a thermometer in response to receiving the command.

4. The memory device of claim 1 , wherein calculating the read voltage from the temperature includes performing a quantification of the temperature into one range of a set of temperature ranges.

5. The memory device of claim 4 , wherein calculating the read voltage from the temperature includes selecting a temperature compensation value using the one range; and

wherein controlling repeated application of the program pulse includes modifying the program pulse to use the temperature compensation value.

6. The memory device of claim 5 , wherein selecting the temperature compensation value includes:

identifying an intermediate temperature compensation value using the one range; and

modifying the intermediate temperature compensation value based on a program-erase metric of the memory component to produce the temperature compensation value.

7. The memory device of claim 6 , wherein the memory component is a NAND flash component; and

wherein the program-erase metric is a number of times the NAND flash component is erased.

8. The memory device of claim 1 , wherein obtaining the temperature includes retrieving the temperature from a buffer, a thermometer periodically measuring the temperature of the memory component in the memory device and storing the temperature in the buffer.

9. A method for temperature sensitive programming, the method performed by circuitry of a memory device that includes a memory component, the method comprising:

obtaining a temperature for the memory during a write to the memory component;

calculating a verification read voltage for a write verification from the temperature; and

controlling repeated application of a program pulse to the memory component to perform the write until the memory component can be read using the verification read voltage.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the memory component is a page.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein obtaining the temperature includes obtaining the temperature from a thermometer in response to receiving the command.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein calculating the read voltage from the temperature includes performing a quantification of the temperature into one range of a set of temperature ranges.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein calculating the read voltage from the temperature includes selecting a temperature compensation value using the one range; and

wherein controlling repeated application of the program pulse includes modifying the program pulse to use the temperature compensation value.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein selecting the temperature compensation value includes:

identifying an intermediate temperature compensation value using the one range; and

modifying the intermediate temperature compensation value based on a program-erase metric of the memory component to produce the temperature compensation value.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the component of the memory device is a NAND flash component; and

wherein the program-erase metric is a number of times the NAND flash component is erased.

16. The method of claim 9 , wherein obtaining the temperature includes retrieving the temperature from a buffer, a thermometer periodically measuring the temperature of the memory component in the memory device and storing the temperature in the buffer.

17. A non-transitory machine-readable medium including instructions for temperature sensitive programming, the instructions, when executed by circuitry including one or more processors, cause the circuitry to perform operations on a memory device that includes a memory component, the operations comprising:

obtaining a temperature for the memory during a write to the memory component;

calculating a verification read voltage for a write verification from the temperature; and

controlling repeated application of a program pulse to the memory component to perform the write until the memory component can be read using the verification read voltage.

18. The machine-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the memory, component is a page.

19. The machine-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein obtaining the temperature includes obtaining the temperature from a thermometer in response to receiving the command.

20. The machine-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein calculating the read voltage from the temperature includes performing a quantification of the temperature into one range of a set of temperature ranges.

21. The machine-readable medium of claim 20 , wherein calculating the read voltage from the temperature includes selecting a temperature compensation value using the one range; and

wherein controlling repeated application of the program pulse includes modifying the program pulse to use the temperature compensation value.

22. The machine-readable medium of claim 21 , wherein selecting the temperature compensation value includes:

identifying an intermediate temperature compensation value using the one range; and

modifying the intermediate temperature compensation value based on a program-erase metric of the memory component to produce the temperature compensation value.

23. The machine-readable medium of claim 22 , wherein the memory component is a NAND flash component; and

wherein the program-erase metric is a number of times the NAND flash component is erased.

24. The machine-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein obtaining the temperature includes retrieving the temperature from a buffer, a thermometer periodically measuring the temperature of the memory component in the memory device and storing the temperature in the buffer.

Continuity (2)
Continuation 16024316 · Jun 29, 2018
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