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Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025

Filed:

Nov. 08, 2023
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Jeffrey S. Mcneil, Nampa, ID (US);

Eric N. Lee, San Jose, CA (US);

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

Sheyang Ning, San Jose, CA (US);

Lawrence Celso Miranda, San Jose, CA (US);

Kishore Kumar Muchherla, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/04 (2006.01); G06F 12/02 (2006.01); G11C 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/005 (2013.01); G06F 12/0246 (2013.01); G11C 16/0483 (2013.01);
Abstract

Memories might include an array of memory cells having a plurality of strings of series-connected memory cells and a controller configured to cause to memory to access a first string of series-connected memory cells of the plurality of strings of series-connected memory cells in a first mode of operation for volatile storage of data to the first string of series-connected memory cells, and access a second string of series-connected memory cells of the plurality of strings of series-connected memory cells in a second mode of operation for non-volatile storage of respective data to each memory cell of a plurality of memory cells of the second string of series-connected memory cells


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