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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:
Jun. 24, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2012
Applicants:
William H. Radke, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Vishal Sarin, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jung-sheng Hoei, Newark, CA (US);
Inventors:
William H. Radke, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Vishal Sarin, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jung-Sheng Hoei, Newark, CA (US);
Assignee:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for managing data storage in memory devices utilizing memory arrays of varying density memory cells. Data can be initially stored in lower density memory. Data can be further read, compacted, conditioned and written to higher density memory as background operations. Methods of data conditioning to improve data reliability during storage to higher density memory and methods for managing data across multiple memory arrays are also disclosed.