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Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2020

Filed:

Aug. 06, 2018
Applicant:

Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);

Inventors:

Ashay Narsale, Newark, CA (US);

Robert M. Walker, Raleigh, NC (US);

Assignee:

MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC., Boise, ID (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 13/00 (2006.01); G11C 15/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 13/0061 (2013.01); G11C 13/003 (2013.01); G11C 13/004 (2013.01); G11C 13/0004 (2013.01); G11C 13/0069 (2013.01); G11C 13/0097 (2013.01); G11C 15/046 (2013.01); G11C 2013/0045 (2013.01); G11C 2013/0054 (2013.01); G11C 2013/0078 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for caching memory requests while accounting for a phase change memory cell drift phenomenon is described. The method includes writing first user data to an address in phase change memory cells; setting a timer in a set of data structures to a first value in response to writing the first user data to the phase change memory cells, wherein the data structures are stored outside the phase change memory cells; determining whether the timer corresponding to the first user data has expired; and fulfilling a read request for the address from the set of data structures in response to determining that the timer has not expired.


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