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Secure erase for data corruption

  • US 10,522,229 B2
  • Filed: 08/30/2017
  • Issued: 12/31/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • determining, at a memory device, that a value stored in a page of a NAND array of the memory device is to be destroyed; and

    in response to the determining, destroying the value in the page without destroying any other data in a block containing the page by applying only a pre-programming pulse to memory cells of the page, the pre-programming pulse bringing a voltage level of the memory cells of the page to a predetermined voltage level.

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