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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2019
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:
Primary Examiner:
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.