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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2021
Applicant:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Inventors:
Antonino Mondello, Messina, IT;
Francesco Tomaiuolo, Acireale, IT;
Carmelo Condemi, San Giovanni la Punta, IT;
Tommaso Zerilli, Mascalucia, IT;
Assignee:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/08 (2006.01); G11C 16/10 (2006.01); G11C 16/16 (2006.01); H03K 21/40 (2006.01); G11C 16/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/105 (2013.01); G06F 11/08 (2013.01); G11C 16/16 (2013.01); G11C 16/3436 (2013.01); H03K 21/403 (2013.01); G06F 2212/202 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus, such as a memory (e.g., a NAND memory), can have a controller, a volatile counter coupled to the controller, and a non-volatile memory array coupled to the controller. The controller can be configured to write information, other than a count of the counter, in the array each time the count of the counter has been incremented by a particular number of increments. Counts can be monotonic, non-volatile, and power-loss tolerant.