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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:
Jan. 30, 2024

Filed:

May. 16, 2022
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Gianni Stephen Alsasua, Rancho Cordova, CA (US);

Harish Reddy Singidi, Fremont, CA (US);

Kishore Kumar Muchherla, Fremont, CA (US);

Sampath Ratnam, San Jose, CA (US);

Ashutosh Malshe, Fremont, CA (US);

Vamsi Pavan Rayaprolu, San Jose, CA (US);

Renato Padilla, Jr., Folsom, CA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/406 (2006.01); G06F 13/16 (2006.01); G11C 7/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/40626 (2013.01); G06F 13/1636 (2013.01); G11C 7/04 (2013.01); G11C 11/40615 (2013.01); G11C 2211/4061 (2013.01);
Abstract

Devices and techniques for temperature informed memory refresh are described herein. A temperature counter can be updated in response to a memory device write performed under an extreme temperature. Here, the write is performed on a memory device element in the memory device. The memory device element can be sorted above other memory device elements in the memory device based on the temperature counter. Once sorted to the top of these memory device elements, a refresh can be performed the memory device element.


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