G11C2029/0409

LIFE TIME EXTENSION OF MEMORY DEVICE BASED ON RATING OF INDIVIDUAL MEMORY UNITS

Respective life expectancies of a first data unit and a second data unit of the memory device is obtained. A first initial age value corresponding to the first data unit and a second initial age value corresponding to the second data unit are determined. A lower one of the first initial age value and the second initial age value is identified. A first media management operation on a corresponding one of the first data unit or the second data unit associated with the lower one of the first initial age value and the second initial age value is performed. A second media management operation on the first data unit and the second data unit is performed.

Electronic apparatus including non-volatile memory

Disclosed is an electronic apparatus. The electronic apparatus includes: a non-volatile memory having no internal controller; and a controller configured to: control the non-volatile memory, and transmit, to the non-volatile memory, first data and a generated first message authentication code (MAC). Accordingly, it is possible to efficiently defend against a replay attack in a non-volatile memory having no internal controller.

Memory management method, memory storage device and memory control circuit unit

A memory management method is provided according to the invention. The method includes: reading a physical unit and updating a read count of the physical unit; scanning the physical unit if the updated read count is not less than a read count threshold; and adjusting the read count threshold according to the read count and a read error bit. Therefore, a data unit that needs to be scanned can be determined to reduce unnecessary data scanning.

Fuse logic to perform selectively enabled ECC decoding
11586495 · 2023-02-21 · ·

Fuse logic is configured to selectively enable certain group of fuses of a fuse array to support one of column (or row) redundancy in one application or error correction code (ECC) operations in another application. For example, the fuse logic may decode the group of fuses to enable a replacement column (or row) of memory cells in one mode or application, and decodes a subset of the group of fuses to retrieve ECC data corresponding to a second group of fuses are encoded to enable a different replacement column or row of memory cells in a second mode or application. The fuse logic includes an ECC decode logic circuit that is selectively enabled to detect and correct errors in data encoded in the second group of fuses based on the ECC data encoded in the subset of fuses of the first group of fuses.

Determining voltage offsets for memory read operations

A processing device of a memory sub-system is configured to identify a read level of a plurality of read levels associated with a voltage bin of a plurality of voltage bins of a memory device; assign a first threshold voltage offset to the read level of the voltage bin; assign a second threshold voltage offset to the read level of the voltage bin; perform, on block associated with the read level, a first operation of a first operation type using the first threshold voltage offset; and perform, on the blocks associated with the read level, a second operation of a second operation type using the second threshold voltage offset.

Mitigating data errors in a storage device

Systems and methods presented herein provide for mitigating errors in a storage device. In one embodiment, a storage system includes a storage device comprising a plurality of storage areas operable to store data, and a controller operable to evaluate operating conditions of the storage device, to perform a background scan on a first of the storage areas to characterize a read retention of the first storage area, and to adjust a read signal of the first storage area based on the characterized read retention and the operating conditions of the storage device.

MANAGING ERROR-HANDLING FLOWS IN MEMORY DEVICES

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 including performing, on data residing in a block of the memory device, an error-handling operation of a plurality of error-handling operations, wherein an order of the plurality of error-handling operations is based on a voltage offset bin associated with the block, wherein the voltage offset bin defines a set of threshold voltage offsets to be applied to a base voltage read level during read operations; and responsive to determining that the error-handling operation has failed to recover the data, adjusting the order of the plurality of error-handling operations.

HEALTH SCAN FOR CONTENT ADDRESSABLE MEMORY
20220359033 · 2022-11-10 ·

A memory device includes a content addressable memory (CAM) block storing a plurality of stored search keys. The memory device further includes control logic that determines a first number of memory cells in at least one string of the CAM block storing one of the plurality of stored search keys, the first number of memory cells storing a first logical value, and stores a calculated parity value representing the first number of memory cells in a page cache associated with the CAM block. The control logic further reads stored parity data from one or more memory cells in the at least one string, the one or more memory cells connected to one or more additional wordlines in the CAM block, and compares the calculated parity value to the stored parity data to determine whether an error is present in the one of the plurality of stored search keys in the CAM block.

PHYSICAL UNCLONABLE FUNCTION WITH NAND MEMORY ARRAY

Various examples described herein are directed to systems and methods for generating data values using a NAND flash array. A memory controller may read a number of memory cells at the NAND flash array using an initial read level to generate a first raw string. The memory controller may determine that a difference between a number of bits from the first raw string having a value of logical zero and a number of bits from the first raw string having a value of logical one is greater than a threshold value and read the number of memory cells using a second read level to generate a second raw string. The memory controller may determine that a difference between a number of bits from the second raw string having a value of logical zero and a number of bits from the second raw string having a value of logical one is not greater than a threshold value and applying a cryptographic function using the second raw string to generate a first PUF value.

OPERATING METHOD OF A NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE FOR PROGRAMMING MULTI-PAGE DATA
20230044730 · 2023-02-09 ·

An operating method of a nonvolatile memory device for programming multi-page data, the operating method including: receiving the multi-page data from a memory controller; programming first page data among the multi-page data to first memory cells connected to a word line adjacent to a selected word line; reading previous page data previously stored in second memory cells connected to the selected word line based on a first sensing value and a second sensing value after programming the first page data; calculating a first fail bit number by comparing first bits of the previous page data read based on the first sensing value to second bits of the previous page data read based on the second sensing value; and programming the previous page data read from the second memory cells and second page data among the multi-page data to the second memory cells based on the first fail bit number.