Patent ID: 11923026
Assignee: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 15:
16. The method of claim 12, wherein:
the non-volatile memory is arranged into a plurality of garbage collection units (GCUs) each separately allocated and erased as a unit;
the first physical data address forms a first portion of a first GCU;
the second physical data address forms a second portion of the first GCU; and
the quarantine module is further configured to:
migrate valid data from the first GCU to a second GCU;
direct an erasure operation upon the first GCU to provide a refreshed first GCU;
use the second portion of the refreshed first GCU to service data requests; and
scan the first portion of the refreshed first GCU to reset at least one reference voltage.