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- Patent Title: Memory supporting multiple types of operations
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Application No.: US17535021Application Date: 2021-11-24
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Publication No.: US11742004B2Publication Date: 2023-08-29
- Inventor: Shuo-Nan Hung , Nai-Ping Kuo , Chien-Hsin Liu
- Applicant: MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: TW Hsinchu
- Assignee: MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: TW Hsinchu
- Agency: Haynes Beffel & Wolfeld LLP
- Agent Korbin S Van Dyke
- Main IPC: G11C7/10
- IPC: G11C7/10

Abstract:
A method of operating a memory comprising a plurality of memory planes is disclosed. Each memory plane includes at least one corresponding memory array. The method includes, for each memory plane of the plurality of memory planes, generating (i) a corresponding plane ready (PRDY) signal indicating a busy or a ready state of the corresponding memory plane, and (ii) a corresponding plane array ready (PARDY) signal indicating a busy or a ready state of the corresponding memory array of the corresponding memory plane, such that a plurality of PRDY signals and a plurality of PARDY signals are generated corresponding to the plurality of memory planes. Execution of a memory command for a memory plane of the plurality of memory planes is selectively allowed or denied, based on status of one or more of the plurality of PRDY signals and the plurality of PARDY signals.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230162763A1 MEMORY SUPPORTING MULTIPLE TYPES OF OPERATIONS Public/Granted day:2023-05-25
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