Abstract:
Methods of operating a memory include determining a voltage level of a plurality of voltage levels at which a memory cell is deemed to first activate in response to applying the to a control gate of that memory cell for each memory cell of a plurality of memory cells, determining a plurality of voltage level distributions from numbers of memory cells of a first subset of memory cells deemed to first activate at each voltage level of the plurality of voltage levels, determining a transition between a pair of voltage level distributions for each adjacent pair of voltage level distributions, and assigning a respective data state to each memory cell of a second subset of memory cells responsive to the determined voltage level at which that memory cell is deemed to first activate and respective voltage levels of the transitions for each adjacent pair of voltage level distributions.
Abstract:
Memory devices, and methods of operating similar memory devices, include an array of memory cells comprising a plurality of access lines each configured for biasing control gates of a respective plurality of memory cells of the array of memory cells, wherein the respective plurality of memory cells for one access line of the plurality of access lines is mutually exclusive from the respective plurality of memory cells for each remaining access line of the plurality of access lines, and a controller having a plurality of selectively-enabled operating modes and configured to selectively operate the memory device using two or more concurrently enabled operating modes of the plurality of selectively-enabled operating modes for access of the array of memory cells, with each of the enabled operating modes of the two of more concurrently enabled operating modes utilizing an assigned respective portion of the array of memory cells.
Abstract:
Methods of operating memory include generating a data value indicative of a level of a property sensed from a data line while applying potentials to control gates of memory cells of more than one string of series-connected memory cells connected to that data line. Methods of operating memory further include generating data values indicative of levels of a property sensed from data lines while applying potentials to control gates of memory cells of strings of series-connected memory cells connected to those data lines, performing a logical operation on a set of data values comprising those data values, and determining a potential to be applied to control gates of different memory cells of those strings of series-connected memory cells in response to an output of the logical operation on the set of data values.
Abstract:
Memories having a plurality of cell pairs, where each cell pair of the plurality of cell pairs is programmed to store a same bit of data corresponding to a particular bit position of a pattern to be searched in a memory are useful in mitigating match errors, such as in a CAM (Content Addressable Memory) memory device.
Abstract:
Apparatus including a memory array further include an analog voltage generation circuit, an analog controller, a data cache, a data cache controller, and a master controller. The master controller is configured to generate an indication in response to an interpreted command. The analog controller is configured to determine, in response to the indication, what analog voltages should be generated by the analog voltage generation circuit for the apparatus to perform the interpreted command. The data cache controller is configured to determine, in response to the indication, whether the data cache should be configured to accept data from the memory array or to provide data to the memory array for the apparatus to perform the interpreted command.
Abstract:
A memory device includes a memory array that includes a buffer data. The memory device also includes a memory controller. The memory controller includes an error correction code (ECC) component. The memory controller further receives a status command and an indication related to the quality of the data to analyze with the ECC component. Based on a status value, the memory controller utilizes one of a plurality of error correction techniques via the ECC component to correct an error (e.g., soft state, calibration, etc.).
Abstract:
A memory device includes a memory array that includes a buffer data. The memory device also includes a memory controller. The memory controller includes an error correction code (ECC) component. The memory controller further receives a status command and an indication related to the quality of the data to analyze with the ECC component. Based on a status value, the memory controller utilizes one of a plurality of error correction techniques via the ECC component to correct an error (e.g., soft state, calibration, etc.).
Abstract:
A memory device includes a memory array that includes a buffer data. The memory device also includes a memory controller. The memory controller includes an error correction code (ECC) component. The memory controller further receives a status command and an indication related to the quality of the data to analyze with the ECC component. Based on a status value, the memory controller utilizes one of a plurality of error correction techniques via the ECC component to correct an error (e.g., soft state, calibration, etc.).
Abstract:
Methods for operating memory cells include applying a respective minterm, comprising a plurality of variables, to control gates of series strings of memory cells, each series string programmed as a plurality of pairs of complementary memory cells such that certain ones of the plurality of variables are enabled, and logically combining each of the minterms into a logic function output. Memories include a plurality of memory cells configured in series strings of memory cells, wherein each series string of memory cells is configured to provide a minterm comprising a plurality of variables, each variable enabled responsive to a state of an associated, respective memory cell.
Abstract:
A bus controller has a displacer, an arithmetic logic unit coupled to the displacer, and a replacer selectively coupled to the displacer and the arithmetic logic unit.