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Patent No.:

US 10891187 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2021

Filed:

Jul. 19, 2019

Memory devices having differently configured blocks of memory cells

Applicant:

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

Inventors:

William H. Radke, Los Gatos, CA (US);

Tommaso Vali, Sezze, IT;

Michele Incarnati, Gioia dei Marsi (AQ) AG, IT;

Assignee:

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

Attorney:

Dicke, Billig & Czaja, PLLC

Primary Examiner:

Guerrier Merant

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 29/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/10 (2006.01); G11C 11/56 (2006.01); G11C 16/04 (2006.01); G11C 16/10 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 12/02 (2006.01); G06F 12/06 (2006.01); G11C 29/52 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/1048 (2013.01); G06F 3/064 (2013.01); G06F 3/0604 (2013.01); G06F 3/0608 (2013.01); G06F 3/0629 (2013.01); G06F 3/0631 (2013.01); G06F 3/0679 (2013.01); G06F 11/1068 (2013.01); G06F 11/1072 (2013.01); G06F 12/0207 (2013.01); G06F 12/0646 (2013.01); G11C 11/5628 (2013.01); G11C 16/0483 (2013.01); G11C 16/10 (2013.01); G11C 29/52 (2013.01);
Abstract

A memory device has a plurality of individually erasable blocks of memory cells and a controller configured to configure different blocks of the plurality of blocks of memory cells in different configurations, which can include blocks configured to include only groups of user data memory cells for storing user data, blocks configured to include only groups of overhead data memory cells for storing error correction code (ECC) data, and blocks configured to include groups of user data memory cells and groups of overhead data memory cells.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Radke, William. (2021). Memory devices having differently configured blocks of memory cells (U.S. Patent No. 10891187). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10891187

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