US 12,141,464 B2
Scrub rate control for a memory device
Aaron P. Boehm, Boise, ID (US); and Debra M. Bell, Boise, ID (US)
Filed by Lodestar Licensing Group, LLC, Evanston, IL (US)
Filed on Aug. 2, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/229,539.
Application 18/229,539 is a continuation of application No. 17/518,164, filed on Nov. 3, 2021, granted, now 11,748,021.
Application 17/518,164 is a continuation of application No. 16/433,891, filed on Jun. 6, 2019, granted, now 11,169,730, issued on Nov. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0028242 A1, Jan. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 11/10 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/0652 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0616 (2013.01); G06F 3/0659 (2013.01); G06F 3/0673 (2013.01); G06F 11/1076 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
performing, at a memory device, a scrub operation comprising reading data stored in one or more rows of the memory device and detecting errors in the data of the one or more rows based at least in part on reading the data;
counting a quantity of errors during the scrub operation based at least in part on reading the data stored in the one or more rows and detecting the errors in the data of the one or more rows;
comparing the quantity of errors to two or more thresholds associated with three or more ranges, each range of the three or more ranges associated with a respective condition of three or more conditions associated with the memory device; and
outputting, by the memory device and based at least in part on the comparing, an indicator of the quantity of errors, the outputting based at least in part on a condition of the three or more conditions and a range of the three or more ranges.