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Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2023

Filed:

Nov. 11, 2021
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Ki-Jun Nam, Boise, ID (US);

Hiroshi Akamatsu, Boise, ID (US);

Takamasa Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;

Yasushi Matsubara, Isehara, JP;

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/22 (2006.01); G11C 11/4074 (2006.01); G06F 11/30 (2006.01); G11C 5/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/2297 (2013.01); G06F 11/3034 (2013.01); G06F 11/3058 (2013.01); G11C 11/4074 (2013.01); G11C 5/14 (2013.01); G11C 5/144 (2013.01); G11C 5/148 (2013.01);
Abstract

Apparatuses and methods related to power domain boundary protection in memory. A number of embodiments can include using a voltage detector to monitor a floating power supply voltage used to power a number of logic components while a memory device operates in a reduced power mode, and responsive to the voltage detector detecting that the floating power supply voltage reaches a threshold value while the memory device is in the reduced power mode, providing a control signal to protection logic to prevent a floating output signal driven from one or more of the logic components from being provided across a power domain boundary to one or more of a different number of logic components.


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