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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2016
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Michael Abraham, Ada, ID (US);
Tomoharu Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Koichi Kawai, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuichi Einaga, Yokohama, JP;
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Abstract
Apparatuses may include a memory block with strings of memory cells formed in a plurality of tiers. The apparatus may further comprise access lines and data lines shared by the strings, with the access lines coupled to the memory cells corresponding to a respective tier of the plurality of tiers. The memory cells corresponding to at least a portion of the respective tier may comprise a respective page of a plurality of pages. Subsets of the data lines may be mapped into a respective partial page of a plurality of partial pages of the respective page. Each partial page may be independently selectable from other partial pages. Additional apparatuses and methods are disclosed.