US 12,347,498 B2
Data erase operations for a memory system
Kevin R. Brandt, Boise, ID (US); Adam J. Hieb, Meridian, ID (US); Jonathan Tanguy, Boise, ID (US); and Preston A. Thomson, Boise, ID (US)
Assigned to Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US)
Filed by Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US)
Filed on Sep. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/943,139.
Application 17/943,139 is a division of application No. 17/074,758, filed on Oct. 20, 2020, granted, now 11,443,811.
Application 17/074,758 is a division of application No. 15/994,151, filed on May 31, 2018, granted, now 10,854,299, issued on Dec. 1, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0005548 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. G11C 7/00 (2006.01); G11C 7/20 (2006.01); G11C 16/08 (2006.01); G11C 16/16 (2006.01)
CPC G11C 16/16 (2013.01) [G11C 7/20 (2013.01); G11C 16/08 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
identifying one or more blocks indicated as empty as they were previously erased; and
performing a data erase operation on a memory system by re-erasing the one or more blocks indicated as empty, while the one or more blocks are empty.