Patent ID: 11894077
Assignee: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 17:
18. The method as set forth in claim 17, further including the steps of:
starting the program operation;
determining the quantity of the plurality of smart verify loops needed to complete programming of the memory cells associated with the first one of the plurality of strings;
determining whether the one of the plurality of planes failed the leak detection operation;
disabling the one of the plurality of planes in response to determining the one of the plurality of planes failed the leak detection operation;
discarding the smart verify programming voltage in response to determining the leak detection operation should not be triggered;
discarding the smart verify programming voltage in response to determining the one of the plurality of planes failed the leak detection operation;
determining the another smart verify programming voltage in another smart verify operation on the memory cells associated with the second one of the plurality of strings; and
ending the program operation following the determining another smart verify programming voltage in the another smart verify operation on the memory cells associated with the second one of the plurality of strings.