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公开(公告)号:US20250140317A1
公开(公告)日:2025-05-01
申请号:US19008498
申请日:2025-01-02
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Paing Z. Htet , Akira Goda , Eric N. Lee , Jeffrey S. McNeil , Junwyn A. Lacsao , Kishore Kumar Muchherla , Sead Zildzic , Violante Moschiano
Abstract: A memory array includes a block including wordlines, bitlines, and strings each connected to a respective bitline. The block is divided into a sub-blocks. Each sub-block includes a respective set of the strings, and each string of the set of strings is located at a sub-block position within its respective sub-block. Control logic performs operations including selecting each sub-block, causing a first voltage to be applied to a dummy wordline to activate a first set of dummy cells and deactivate a second set of dummy cells, and causing a second voltage to be applied to a selected wordline. Each sub-block includes a single string corresponding to an open string connected to a dummy cell of the first set of dummy cells. The second voltage causes data to be read out from each open string to a respective page buffer.
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公开(公告)号:US12249364B2
公开(公告)日:2025-03-11
申请号:US17890040
申请日:2022-08-17
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Huai-Yuan Tseng , Akira Goda , Kishore Kumar Muchherla , James Fitzpatrick , Tomoharu Tanaka , Eric N. Lee , Dung V. Nguyen , David Ebsen
IPC: G11C11/406 , G11C11/4076 , G11C11/408
Abstract: Methods, apparatuses and systems related to maintaining stored data are described. The apparatus may be configured to refresh the stored data according to schedule that includes different delays between successive refresh operations.
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公开(公告)号:US20250077416A1
公开(公告)日:2025-03-06
申请号:US18781838
申请日:2024-07-23
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Huai-Yuan Tseng , Xiangyu Tang , Eric N. Lee , Haibo Li , Kishore Kumar Muchherla , Akira Goda
IPC: G06F12/02
Abstract: A memory device can include a memory array including memory cells arranged in one or more pages. The memory array can be coupled to control logic to receive a first request to write first data to a page of the one or more pages and program the first data to the page of the one or more pages at a first time responsive to receiving the first request. The control logic is further to receive a second request to write second data to the page of the one or more pages, read the page of the one or more pages, and program the second data to the page of the one or more pages at a second time responsive to receiving the second request. The control logic can also receive an erase request to erase the one or more pages after the second time.
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公开(公告)号:US12142343B2
公开(公告)日:2024-11-12
申请号:US18232949
申请日:2023-08-11
Applicant: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Inventor: Eric N. Lee , Kishore Kumar Muchherla , Jeffrey S. McNeil , Jung-Sheng Hoei
Abstract: Memory devices might include an array of memory cells, a plurality of access lines, and control logic. The array of memory cells includes a plurality of strings of series-connected memory cells. Each access line of the plurality of access lines is connected to a control gate of a respective memory cell of each string of series-connected memory cells of the plurality of strings of series-connected memory cells. The control logic is configured to: open the array of memory cells for multiple read operations; read first page data from respective memory cells coupled to a selected access line of the plurality of access lines; read second page data from the respective memory cells coupled to the selected access line; and close the array of memory cells subsequent to reading the first page data and the second page data.
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公开(公告)号:US12131788B2
公开(公告)日:2024-10-29
申请号:US17895886
申请日:2022-08-25
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Nicola Ciocchini , Animesh R. Chowdhury , Kishore Kumar Muchherla , Akira Goda , Jung Sheng Hoei , Niccolo' Righetti , Jonathan S. Parry
CPC classification number: G11C16/3427 , G11C16/08 , G11C16/26
Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses include receiving a read command including a logical address. The read command is directed to a portion of memory composed of blocks and each block is composed of wordline groups. The physical address for the read command is identified using the logical address. The wordline group is determined using the physical address. A slope factor is retrieved using the wordline group. A read counter is incremented using the slope factor.
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公开(公告)号:US20240347128A1
公开(公告)日:2024-10-17
申请号:US18753389
申请日:2024-06-25
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Kishore Kumar Muchherla , Akira Goda , Dave Scott Ebsen , Lakshmi Kalpana Vakati , Jiangli Zhu , Peter Feeley , Sanjay Subbarao , Vivek Shivhare , Fangfang Zhu
CPC classification number: G11C29/52 , G11C29/022
Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses include retrieving a defectivity footprint of a portion of memory, the portion of memory composed of multiple blocks. A deck programming order is determined, based on the defectivity footprint, for a current block of the multiple blocks. The current block is composed of multiple decks. The deck programming order is an order in which the multiple decks are programmed. The multiple decks programmed according to the determined deck programming order.
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公开(公告)号:US12073892B2
公开(公告)日:2024-08-27
申请号:US17940317
申请日:2022-09-08
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Phong Sy Nguyen , James Fitzpatrick , Kishore Kumar Muchherla
CPC classification number: G11C16/3404 , G11C7/106 , G11C7/1087 , G11C16/10 , G11C16/26 , G11C16/30
Abstract: A memory system to store multiple bits of data in a memory cell. After receiving the data bits, a memory device coarsely programs a threshold voltage of the memory cell to a first level representative of a combination of bit values according to a mapping between combinations of bit values and threshold levels. The threshold levels are partitioned into a plurality of groups, each containing a subset of the threshold levels. A group identification of a first group, among the plurality of groups, containing the first level is determined for the memory cell. The memory device reads, using the group identification, a subset of the data bits back from the first memory cell, and combines the bits of the group identification and the subset to recover the entire set of data bits to finely program the threshold voltage of the memory cell to represent the data bits.
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公开(公告)号:US20240248646A1
公开(公告)日:2024-07-25
申请号:US18623881
申请日:2024-04-01
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Kishore Kumar Muchherla , Eric N. Lee , Jeffrey S. McNeil , Jonathan S. Parry , Lakshmi Kalpana Vakati
IPC: G06F3/06
CPC classification number: G06F3/0659 , G06F3/0604 , G06F3/0619 , G06F3/064 , G06F3/0679
Abstract: A method performed by a processing device receives a plurality of write operation requests, where each of the write operation requests specifies a respective one of the memory units, identifies one or more operating characteristic values, where each operating characteristic value reflects one or more memory access operations performed on a memory device, and determines whether the operating characteristic values satisfy one or more threshold criteria. Responsive to determining that the operating characteristic values satisfy the one or more threshold criteria, the method performs a plurality of write operations, where each of the write operations writes data to the respective one of the memory units, and performs a multiple-read scan operation subsequent to the plurality of write operations, where the multiple-read scan operation reads data from each of the memory units.
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公开(公告)号:US11960722B2
公开(公告)日:2024-04-16
申请号:US17872217
申请日:2022-07-25
Applicant: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Inventor: Tomoharu Tanaka , Huai-Yuan Tseng , Dung V. Nguyen , Kishore Kumar Muchherla , Eric N. Lee , Akira Goda , James Fitzpatrick , Dave Ebsen
IPC: G06F3/06
CPC classification number: G06F3/0608 , G06F3/064 , G06F3/0679
Abstract: A memory device includes an array of memory cells and a controller configured to access the array of memory cells. The controller is further configured to program a first number of bits to a first memory cell of the array of memory cells and program a second number of bits to a second memory cell of the array of memory cells. The controller is further configured to following a period after programming the second number of bits to the second memory cell, merge at least a subset of the first number of bits stored in the first memory cell to the second number of bits stored in the second memory cell without erasing the second memory cell such that the second number of bits plus at least the subset of the first number of bits are stored in the second memory cell.
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公开(公告)号:US11942160B2
公开(公告)日:2024-03-26
申请号:US18079843
申请日:2022-12-12
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Kishore Kumar Muchherla , Harish R. Singidi , Vamsi Pavan Rayaprolu , Ashutosh Malshe , Sampath K. Ratnam
CPC classification number: G11C16/14 , G11C16/08 , G11C16/26 , G11C16/30 , G11C16/3404
Abstract: A request to perform a secure erase operation for a memory component can be received. A voltage level of a pass voltage that is applied to unselected wordlines of the memory component during a read operation can be determined. A voltage pulse can be applied during a program operation to at least one wordline of the memory component to perform the secure erase operation. The voltage pulse can exceed the pass voltage applied to the unselected wordlines of the memory component during the read operation.
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