US 12,242,734 B2
Memory pattern management for improved data retention in memory devices
Guang Hu, Mountain View, CA (US); and Ting Luo, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Assigned to Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US)
Filed by Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US)
Filed on Aug. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/237,668.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/405,069, filed on Sep. 9, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0086079 A1, Mar. 14, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 3/06 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/0619 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0634 (2013.01); G06F 3/0679 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a memory device including a plurality of management units; and
a processing device, operatively coupled with memory device, to perform operations comprising:
placing the plurality of management units into a first protective state by erasing the plurality of management units;
identifying a cursor satisfying a cursor definition;
identifying a subset of the plurality of management units based on a location on the memory device referenced by the cursor; and
placing a selected management unit of the subset of the plurality of management units into a second protective state by programming a protective data pattern to the selected management unit.