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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2016
Applicant:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Inventors:
Aliasgar S. Madraswala, Folsom, CA (US);
Purval S. Sule, Folsom, CA (US);
Karthikeyan Ramamurthi, Folsom, CA (US);
Assignee:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/04 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 13/40 (2006.01); G06F 13/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0659 (2013.01); G06F 3/061 (2013.01); G06F 3/0679 (2013.01); G06F 3/0688 (2013.01); G06F 13/4068 (2013.01); G06F 13/4282 (2013.01); G06F 2213/0026 (2013.01); G06F 2213/0028 (2013.01); G06F 2213/0032 (2013.01);
Abstract
Some embodiments include apparatuses and methods using memory cells and a control unit to suspend an erase operation performed on a first portion of the memory cells and to suspend a program operation performed on a second portion of the memory cells while the erase operation is suspended. The control unit includes register circuitry to store status information indicating that the program operation is suspended while the erase operation is suspended.