RECOVERY WHILE PROGRAMMING NON-VOLATILE MEMORY (NVM)

A method of performing recovery in conjunction with programming an array of NVM cells. First, erasing the array cells and loading an SRAM with user data. When programming the cells, flip bits in the SRAM which are successfully programmed (pass PV). If programming is not successful, read the failed data from the array, and if the SRAM bits were not successfully programmed, do not change them. Write the other bits (not programmed or successfully programmed) from the array to the SRAM. Before reading the failed data, the SRAM may be copied to a second SRAM. If the restore did not work, an ED mechanism may be applied, and if the ED bits to not align with the data, move a read reference (RD), copy the second SRAM to the original SRAM, and attempt reading again, until the data is successfully recovered.