Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Shared address counters for multiple modes of operation in a memory device
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Application No.: US15674178Application Date: 2017-08-10
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Publication No.: US10346244B2Publication Date: 2019-07-09
- Inventor: David R. Brown
- Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US ID Boise
- Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US ID Boise
- Agency: Fletcher Yoder, P.C.
- Main IPC: G06F11/10
- IPC: G06F11/10 ; G06F3/06

Abstract:
As described above, certain modes of operation, such as the Fast Zero mode and the ECS mode, may facilitate sequential access to individual cells of a memory array. To facilitate this functionality, a command controller may be provided, including one or more individual controllers to control the address sequencing when a particular mode entry command (e.g., Fast Zero or ECS) is received. In order to generate internal addresses to be accessed sequentially, one or more counters may also be provided. Advantageously, the counters may be shared such that they can be used in any mode of operation that may require address sequencing of all or large portions of the memory array, such as the Fast Zero mode or the ECS mode.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190050284A1 SHARED ADDRESS COUNTERS FOR MULTIPLE MODES OF OPERATION IN A MEMORY DEVICE Public/Granted day:2019-02-14
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