Richard Kenneth Glaeser

US Patent:

8289773, Oct 16, 2012

Filed:

Nov 9, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/942260

Inventors:

Richard K. Eguchi - Austin TX, US
Jon S. Choy - Austin TX, US
Richard K. Glaeser - Lakeway TX, US
Chen He - Austin TX, US
Peter J. Kuhn - Austin TX, US

Assignee:

Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. - Austin TX

International Classification:

G11C 11/34

US Classification:

36518517, 36518518, 36518519, 36518522, 36518524, 36518529, 36518533

Abstract:

A method for erasing a non-volatile memory includes: performing a first pre-erase program step on the non-volatile memory; determining that the non-volatile memory failed to program correctly during the first pre-erase program step; performing a first soft program step on the non-volatile memory in response to determining that the non-volatile memory failed to program correctly; determining that the non-volatile memory soft programmed correctly; performing a second pre-erase program step on the non-volatile memory in response to determining that the non-volatile memory soft programmed correctly during the first soft program step; and performing an erase step on the non-volatile memory. The method may be performed using a non-volatile memory controller.

Address:

125 Tellus St, Lakeway, TX 78734

VIN:

1N6AD07U47C402739

Make:

NISSAN

Model:

FRONTIER

Year:

2007