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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:
Apr. 16, 2024

Filed:

Feb. 01, 2022
Applicant:

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

Inventor:

Corrado Villa, Sovico, IT;

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 8/16 (2006.01); G11C 7/04 (2006.01); G11C 7/10 (2006.01); G11C 8/10 (2006.01); G11C 29/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 8/16 (2013.01); G11C 7/04 (2013.01); G11C 7/1012 (2013.01); G11C 7/1045 (2013.01); G11C 8/10 (2013.01); G11C 2029/1804 (2013.01); G11C 2207/2245 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods, systems, and devices for operating a memory array with variable page sizes are described. The page size may be dynamically changed, and multiple rows of the memory array may be accessed in parallel to create the desired page size. A memory bank of the array may contain multiple memory sections, and each memory section may have its own set of sense components (e.g., sense amplifiers) to read or program the memory cells. Multiple memory sections may thus be accessed in parallel to create a memory page from multiple rows of memory cells. The addressing scheme may be modified based on the page size. The logic row address may identify the memory sections to be accessed in parallel. The memory sections may also be linked and accessing a row in one section may automatically access a row in a second memory section.


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