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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.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2021

Filed:

Nov. 28, 2018
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Carla L. Christensen, Boise, ID (US);

Avani F. Trivedi, Eagle, ID (US);

Tracy D. Evans, Boise, ID (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G11C 16/04 (2006.01); G11C 11/56 (2006.01); G11C 16/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0631 (2013.01); G06F 3/0604 (2013.01); G06F 3/0679 (2013.01); G11C 11/5621 (2013.01); G11C 11/5671 (2013.01); G11C 16/0483 (2013.01); G11C 16/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods of operating an electronic system include allocating a group of memory cells of a plurality of groups of memory cells having a particular rank of a plurality of ranks for storing data of a particular data level of a plurality of data levels, determining a need for an additional group of memory cells for storing data of the particular data level, moving or discarding data from a different group of memory cells storing data of a different data level of the plurality of data levels in response to determining the need for the additional group of memory cells for storing data of the particular data level, and allocating the different group of memory cells for storing data of the particular data level.


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