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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2023

Filed:

Mar. 15, 2021
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Avani F. Trivedi, Eagle, ID (US);

Tracy D. Evans, Boise, ID (US);

Carla L. Christensen, Boise, ID (US);

Tomoko Ogura Iwasaki, San Jose, CA (US);

Aparna U. Limaye, Boise, ID (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/30 (2006.01); G06F 13/16 (2006.01); G11C 16/10 (2006.01); G11C 5/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/30 (2013.01); G06F 13/1668 (2013.01); G11C 16/10 (2013.01); G11C 5/144 (2013.01);
Abstract

Memories having a first pool of memory cells having a first storage density and a second pool of memory cells having a second storage density greater than the first storage density, and a controller configured to cause the memory to determine whether a value of an indication of available power of a power supply for the memory is less than a threshold, and in response to determining that the value of the indication of available power is less than the threshold, increase a size of the first pool of memory cells, limit programming of data received by the memory to the first pool of memory cells, and cease movement of data from the first pool of memory cells to the second pool of memory cells, as well as apparatus including similar memories.


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