Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatuses and methods for implementing masked write commands
- Patent Title (中): 用于实现屏蔽写入命令的设备和方法
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Application No.: US14254378Application Date: 2014-04-16
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Publication No.: US09508409B2Publication Date: 2016-11-29
- Inventor: Mark K. Hadrick , Jeffrey P. Wright , Victor Wong , Simon J. Lovett , Donald M. Morgan , William F. Jones , Sujeet Ayyapureddi , Dean D. Gans , Jongtae Kwak
- Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US ID Boise
- Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US ID Boise
- Agency: Dorsey & Whitney LLP
- Main IPC: G11C7/22
- IPC: G11C7/22 ; G11C7/10 ; G11C8/12

Abstract:
Apparatuses and methods for implementing masked write commands are disclosed herein. An example apparatus may include a memory bank, a local buffer circuit, and an address control circuit. The local buffer circuit may be associated with the memory bank. The address control circuit may be coupled to the memory bank and configured to receive a command and an address associated with the command. The address control circuit may include a global buffer circuit configured to store the address. The address control circuit may further be configured to delay the command using one of a plurality of command paths based, at least in part, on a write latency and to provide the address stored in the global buffer circuit to the local buffer circuit to be stored therein.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150302907A1 APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING MASKED WRITE COMMANDS Public/Granted day:2015-10-22
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