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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:
Feb. 14, 2017

Filed:

Dec. 14, 2015
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Federico Tiziani, Munich, DE;

Giovanni Campardo, Bergamo, IT;

Massimo Iaculo, San Marco Evangelista, IT;

Claudio Giaccio, Torre del Greco, IT;

Manuela Scognamiglio, Burago Molgora, IT;

Danilo Caraccio, Buonalbergo, IT;

Ornella Vitale, Cicciano, IT;

Antonino Pollio, Vico Equense, IT;

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 29/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 11/10 (2006.01); G06F 13/16 (2006.01); G06F 1/32 (2006.01); G06F 12/02 (2006.01); G11C 29/52 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0625 (2013.01); G06F 1/3275 (2013.01); G06F 3/0659 (2013.01); G06F 3/0679 (2013.01); G06F 11/10 (2013.01); G06F 11/1068 (2013.01); G06F 11/1072 (2013.01); G06F 12/0246 (2013.01); G06F 13/1668 (2013.01); G11C 29/52 (2013.01); Y02B 60/1228 (2013.01);
Abstract

Various embodiments disclose a controller to manage memory devices. In an exemplary method, signals are exchanged with a host processor to allow the host processor to communicate with a plurality of memory devices in a memory stack as a single device, regardless of an actual number of memory devices within the memory stack. Power is provided to a single one of the plurality of the memory devices in the memory stack at a time to reduce power consumption. Other methods, apparatuses, and devices are also disclosed.


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