| CPC G11C 16/349 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0614 (2013.01); G06F 3/064 (2013.01); G06F 3/0653 (2013.01); G06F 11/3037 (2013.01)] | 18 Claims |
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1. A method, comprising:
determining a gap between:
a difference in a minimum erase count (EC) and a maximum EC of blocks of memory cells; and
a health threshold associated with the blocks of memory cells;
determining the gap is greater than or equal to a gap threshold from the health threshold;
performing a pseudo media management operation;
subsequent to performing the pseudo media management operation, determining an updated minimum EC of the blocks of memory cells;
determining an updated health threshold based on the health threshold, a value of an incremented erase counter, and a total memory cell block count;
determining the gap between the updated minimum EC and an updated maximum EC is less than a gap threshold from the updated health threshold;
determining the gap between the updated minimum EC and the updated maximum EC is greater than or equal to the gap threshold from the updated health threshold; and
responsive to the determination that the gap is greater than or equal to the gap threshold from the updated health threshold, refraining from performing a media management operation.
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