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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:
Sep. 08, 2026

Filed:

Jul. 02, 2024
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Yang Lu, Boise, ID (US);

Donald Morgan, Meridian, ID (US);

Mark Kalei Hadrick, Boise, ID (US);

Victor Wong, Boise, ID (US);

Kang-Yong Kim, Boise, ID (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/40 (2006.01); G11C 11/406 (2006.01); G11C 29/52 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/40615 (2013.01); G11C 11/40618 (2013.01); G11C 29/52 (2013.01);
Abstract

Apparatuses and techniques for efficient handling of data errors and usage-based disturbances are described. To enable efficient utilization of time-limited resources, a memory device includes control circuitry that performs multiple different types of operations responsive to 'confiscating' a refresh-pump time interval. The memory device is responsible for performing various functionalities internally while reducing the impact such functionalities may have on servicing memory requests from an external entity. Accordingly, a memory device may confiscate refresh-pump opportunities and instead perform other operations. To efficiently utilize a refresh-pump opportunity, the control circuitry can perform an error-handling operation on a codeword stored in a first bank and perform a usage-based disturbance mitigation operation on a row in a second bank during the confiscated time interval. Further, the usage-based disturbance mitigation operation can be performed across multiple banks except for the first bank. In this manner, various internal functionalities can be achieved efficiently.


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