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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2012
Applicant:
Brady L. Keays, Half Moon Bay, CA (US);
Inventor:
Brady L. Keays, Half Moon Bay, CA (US);
Assignee:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods of operating memory devices, and memory devices configured to perform such methods, including reading Erase Block Management (EBM) data from an erase block of an array of memory cells. The EBM data, corresponding to a state of the particular erase block, is stored in control data spaces of a subset of sectors of the particular erase block.