Patent ID: 11942160
Assignee: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 12:
13. A system comprising:
a memory component; and
a processing device, operatively coupled with the memory component, to perform operations comprising:
receiving an indication to perform a secure erase operation for a memory sub-system;
determining a plurality of blocks of the memory sub-system that store data;
determining a voltage level of a pass voltage that is applied to unselected wordlines of a block of the plurality of blocks for a read operation by the memory sub-system; and
in response to receiving the indication to perform the secure erase operation for the memory sub-system, performing a program operation to apply a voltage pulse to at least one wordline of each block of the plurality of blocks that store data, the voltage pulse exceeding the pass voltage applied to the unselected wordlines of the block of the plurality of blocks for the read operation, wherein each memory cell of the at least one wordline of each block is in an open state in response to the applying of the voltage pulse to the at least one wordline during a subsequent read operation.