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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2020
Applicant:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Inventors:
Sanjay Tiwari, Meridian, ID (US);
Kyle B. Wheeler, Meridian, ID (US);
Assignee:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/10 (2006.01); G11C 7/06 (2006.01); G11C 11/4091 (2006.01); G11C 11/4096 (2006.01); G11C 19/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/1012 (2013.01); G11C 7/065 (2013.01); G11C 7/1006 (2013.01); G11C 11/4091 (2013.01); G11C 11/4096 (2013.01); G11C 19/28 (2013.01); G11C 2207/002 (2013.01); G11C 2207/005 (2013.01); G11C 2207/007 (2013.01);
Abstract
A length of a longest element can be determined in a memory device. An example method includes determining, using a controller to control sensing circuitry, a length of a longest element of a plurality of variable length elements of a vector stored in a memory array. The determination of the length of the longest element can include performing a number of AND operations, shift operations, and invert operations.