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Granted Patent B2
US 12,062,401 · App. 17/892,437 · Granted Aug 13, 2024

Performing block-level media management operations for block stripes in a memory device

Inventors: Wei Wang (Dublin, CA); Seungjune Jeon (Santa Clara, CA); Yang Liu (Boise, ID); Charles See Yeung Kwong (Redwood City, CA)
Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
G11C16/3431G11C16/0483
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Patent No.
US 12,062,401
App. No.
17/892,437
Granted
Aug 13, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems and methods are disclosed including a memory device and a processing device operatively coupled to the memory device. The processing device can perform operations comprising performing a data integrity check on a set of memory cells of a source management unit of the memory device to obtain a data integrity metric value; determining whether the data integrity metric value satisfies a first threshold; responsive to determining that the data integrity metric value fails to satisfy the first threshold, determining whether the data integrity metric value satisfies a second threshold that is lower than the first threshold; responsive to determining that the data integrity metric value satisfies the second threshold, causing the memory device to copy data from the source management unit to a destination set of pages of the memory device; and performing a subsequent data integrity check on one or more invalid pages of the source management unit.

Claims (51)

1. A system comprising:

a memory device; and

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

performing a data integrity check on a set of memory cells of a source management unit of the memory device to obtain a data integrity metric value;

determining whether the data integrity metric value satisfies a first threshold;

responsive to determining that the data integrity metric value fails to satisfy the first threshold, determining whether the data integrity metric value satisfies a second threshold, where the second threshold is lower than the first threshold;

responsive to determining that the data integrity metric value satisfies the second threshold, causing the memory device to copy data from the source management unit to a destination set of pages of the memory device; and

performing a subsequent data integrity check on one or more invalid pages of the source management unit.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the source management unit is part of a set of management units that are associated with a redundancy codeword.

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

responsive to determining that the data integrity metric value satisfies the first threshold, causing the memory device to copy data from the set of management units to a destination set of management units of the memory device.

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

responsive to determining that the data integrity metric value satisfies the first threshold, perform one or more exclusive-or (XOR) operations, using the redundancy codeword, on a first set of data stored on the set of management units to recover a second set of data stored on the set of management units.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the data integrity metric value reflects at least one of a bit error count (BEC) value or a raw bit error rate (RBER) value.

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

responsive to determining that the data integrity metric value fails to satisfy the first threshold, determining whether the source management unit includes at least one valid page; and

responsive to determining that the source management unit includes only invalid pages, performing a new data integrity check on a new set of memory cells of a different management unit of the memory device.

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

responsive to determining that a data integrity metric value of the subsequent data integrity check fails to satisfy the first threshold, causing the memory device to copy data from the set of management units to a destination set of management units of the memory device.

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

maintaining the source management unit on a media scan list.

9. A method comprising:

performing, by a processor, a data integrity check on a set of memory cells of a source management unit of a memory device to obtain a data integrity metric value;

determining whether the data integrity metric value satisfies a first threshold;

responsive to determining that the data integrity metric value fails to satisfy the first threshold, determining whether the data integrity metric value satisfies a second threshold, where the second threshold is lower than the first threshold;

responsive to determining that the data integrity metric value satisfies the second threshold, causing the memory device to copy data from the source management unit to a destination set of pages of the memory device; and

performing a subsequent data integrity check on one or more invalid pages of the source management unit.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the source management unit is part of a set of management units that are associated with a redundancy codeword.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:

responsive to determining that the data integrity metric value satisfies the first threshold, causing the memory device to copy data from the set of management units to a destination set of management units of the memory device.

12. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:

responsive to determining that the data integrity metric value satisfies the first threshold, perform one or more exclusive-or (XOR) operations, using the redundancy codeword, on a first set of data stored on the set of management units to recover a second set of data stored on the set of management units.

13. The method of claim 9 , wherein the data integrity metric value reflects at least one of a bit error count (BEC) value or a raw bit error rate (RBER) value.

14. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

responsive to determining that the data integrity metric value fails to satisfy the first threshold, determining whether the source management unit includes at least one valid page; and

responsive to determining that the source management unit includes only invalid pages, performing a new data integrity check on a new set of memory cells of a different management unit of the memory device.

15. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:

responsive to determining that a data integrity metric value of the subsequent data integrity check fails to satisfy the first threshold, causing the memory device to copy data from the set of management units to a destination set of management units of the memory device.

16. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

maintaining the source management unit on a media scan list.

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

performing a data integrity check on a set of memory cells of a source management unit of a memory device to obtain a data integrity metric value;

determining whether the data integrity metric value satisfies a first threshold;

responsive to determining that the data integrity metric value fails to satisfy the first threshold, determining whether the data integrity metric value satisfies a second threshold, where the second threshold is lower than the first threshold;

responsive to determining that the data integrity metric value satisfies the second threshold, causing the memory device to copy data from the source management unit to a destination set of pages of the memory device; and

performing a subsequent data integrity check on one or more invalid pages of the source management unit.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17 , wherein the source management unit is part of a set of management units that are associated with a redundancy codeword.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18 , wherein the operations further comprise:

responsive to determining that the data integrity metric value satisfies the first threshold, causing the memory device to copy data from the set of management units to a destination set of management units of the memory device.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18 , wherein the operations further comprise:

responsive to determining that the data integrity metric value satisfies the first threshold, perform one or more exclusive-or (XOR) operations, using the redundancy codeword, on a first set of data stored on the set of management units to recover a second set of data stored on the set of management units.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 26, 2023
From: WANG, WEI; JEON, SEUNGJUNE; LIU, YANG; KWONG, CHARLES SEE YEUNG
To: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Reel/Frame 063772/0941 →
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