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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:
Mar. 17, 2026

Filed:

Jan. 31, 2023
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Aaron P. Boehm, Boise, ID (US);

David Hulton, Seattle, WA (US);

Jeremy Chritz, Seattle, WA (US);

Tamara Schmitz, Scotts Valley, CA (US);

Max S. Vohra, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/55 (2013.01); G06F 21/57 (2013.01); G06F 21/79 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/556 (2013.01); G06F 21/575 (2013.01); G06F 21/79 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods, systems, and devices for protective actions for a memory device based on detecting an attack are described. In some systems, a memory device may detect whether a fault is injected into the memory device. The memory device may apply a delay during boot up if a fault is detected. To ensure the delay is applied, the memory device may default to applying the delay and may remove an indication to apply the delay if a fault is not detected. Additionally or alternatively, the memory device may erase information from non-volatile memory during boot up, for example, if a fault is detected. The memory device may be configured to ensure at least a specific portion of memory resources (e.g., resources configured to store sensitive information) is erased during boot up. In some examples, the memory device may store data using a stream cipher to improve security of the data.


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