Patent ID: 9230658
Filing Date: 2016-01-05
CPC Classification: G11C

Claim Text:
1. A method of arranging data within a block of a non-volatile memory device, wherein the block comprises word lines each electrically coupled to memory cells configured to store data, the word lines comprising one or more first end word lines, one or more second end word lines, and intermediate word lines between the first and second end word lines, wherein the first end word lines and second end word lines are disposed at opposing ends of the block, the method comprising: programming the memory cells electrically coupled to the intermediate word lines; and programming the memory cells electrically coupled to the one or more first end word lines and the memory cells electrically coupled to the one or more second end word lines, wherein, when less than the entire memory block is programmed with data during operation of the non-volatile memory device, data is programmed to the memory cells electrically coupled to the intermediate word lines more frequently than to the memory cells electrically coupled to the one or more first end word lines and more frequently than to the memory cells electrically coupled to the one or more second end word lines.