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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:
Dec. 20, 2011

Filed:

Oct. 15, 2008
Applicants:

Yiran Chen, Eden Prairie, MN (US);

Daniel S. Reed, Maple Plain, MN (US);

Yong LU, Rosemount, MN (US);

Hongyue Liu, Maple Grove, MN (US);

Hai LI, Eden Prairie, MN (US);

Inventors:

Yiran Chen, Eden Prairie, MN (US);

Daniel S. Reed, Maple Plain, MN (US);

Yong Lu, Rosemount, MN (US);

Hongyue Liu, Maple Grove, MN (US);

Hai Li, Eden Prairie, MN (US);

Assignee:

Seagate Technology LLC, Scotts Valley, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Method and apparatus for operating a memory device with a status register. In some embodiments, the memory device has a plurality of individually programmable non-volatile memory cells comprised of at least a resistive sense memory. The memory device engages an interface and maintains a status register in some embodiments by logging at least an error or busy signal during data transfer operations.


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