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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2022
Applicant:
Macronix International Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Inventor:
Shuo-Nan Hung, Hsinchu, TW;
Assignee:
MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 12/02 (2006.01); G06F 12/0882 (2016.01); G06F 12/1045 (2016.01); G06F 13/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0238 (2013.01); G06F 12/0882 (2013.01); G06F 12/1045 (2013.01); G06F 13/1673 (2013.01);
Abstract
A data path for memory addressable using an addressing scheme based on a minimum addressable unit, such as a byte, having a size (e.g. 8) which is a power of 2, is configured for transferring data between the memory array and a data interface using a transfer storage unit having N bits (e.g. 12), where N is an integer that is not a power of 2. A page buffer and cache in the data path can be configured in unit arrays with N rows, and to transfer data in the transfer storage units from selected N cell columns.