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公开(公告)号:US10805422B2
公开(公告)日:2020-10-13
申请号:US16540568
申请日:2019-08-14
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Matthew D. Rowley , Mark Bauer
Abstract: A memory device includes a memory array including a first communication circuit element configured to communicate a first signal between components in the memory device; a second communication circuit element configured to communicate a second signal between the components in the memory device; and a configurable grouping mechanism coupled to the first communication circuit element and the second communication circuit element, the configurable grouping mechanism configured to select between: operating the first communication circuit element and the second communication circuit element independent of each other, where in the first signal and the second signal are independent signals, and operating the first communication circuit element and the second communication circuit element as a group, wherein the first signal corresponds to the second signal.
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公开(公告)号:US10775424B2
公开(公告)日:2020-09-15
申请号:US16119640
申请日:2018-08-31
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Matthew D. Rowley
IPC: G06F1/3225 , G01R27/26 , G06F1/3296 , G06F1/3234
Abstract: A memory sub-system includes a plurality of memory components where at least two of the memory components are configured to operate at different supply voltages. A capacitive voltage divider (CVD) configured to, responsive to a status of use of each of the memory components, select between a plurality of connections of a plurality of capacitors to reduce an input voltage of the memory sub-system. The plurality of connections is configured to provide different voltage magnitudes that correspond to the different supply voltages, and the CVD is further configured to output the different supply voltages to enable the use of each of the memory components.
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公开(公告)号:US20200272218A1
公开(公告)日:2020-08-27
申请号:US16287162
申请日:2019-02-27
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Matthew D. Rowley
IPC: G06F1/3234 , G06F1/26 , G11C16/30
Abstract: An apparatus includes a power management integrated circuit (PMIC) and a power translator component coupled to the PMIC. The power translator component supplies power to the PMIC. The power translator component can further receive, from the PMIC, an indication that the PMIC has experienced a thermal event and responsive to receipt of the indication that the PMIC has experienced the thermal event, prevent powering of the PMIC.
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公开(公告)号:US20200090765A1
公开(公告)日:2020-03-19
申请号:US16684924
申请日:2019-11-15
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Matthew D. Rowley , Dustin J. Carter
Abstract: A memory sub-system includes a power management integrated circuit (PMIC) compatible with operation at an uppermost PMIC supply voltage that is lower than a primary supply voltage of the memory sub-system. The PMIC is configured to output multiple voltages for operation of the memory sub-system based on a PMIC supply voltage. The memory sub-system further includes a capacitive voltage modifier (CVM) coupled to the PMIC. The CVM is configured to receive the primary supply voltage of the memory sub-system as an input and provide a first modified primary supply voltage (MPSV) to the PMIC as the PMIC supply voltage, where the first MPSV is not higher than the uppermost PMIC supply voltage.
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公开(公告)号:US11830568B2
公开(公告)日:2023-11-28
申请号:US17897929
申请日:2022-08-29
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Matthew D. Rowley
IPC: G06F1/00 , G11C5/14 , G06F1/3296 , G06F1/28 , G06F1/3203 , G06F1/3215
CPC classification number: G11C5/148 , G06F1/28 , G06F1/3296 , G06F1/3203 , G06F1/3215
Abstract: A memory sub-system comprises a power management component comprising a plurality of regulators configured to output respective operating voltages for the memory sub-system. The power management component comprises a power management integrated circuit (PMIC) and is configured to monitor voltage levels of the plurality of regulators and prevent an event of the memory sub-system from occurring until the monitored voltage levels of a set of the plurality of regulators are determined to have reached respective threshold voltage levels.
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公开(公告)号:US11677259B2
公开(公告)日:2023-06-13
申请号:US17534168
申请日:2021-11-23
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Vehid Suljic , Matthew D. Rowley
IPC: H02J7/34 , H02J9/06 , H02J7/18 , G06F3/06 , G06F13/28 , G01R27/28 , G01R31/14 , H01M10/52 , H01M10/46 , H01M10/48 , H02J7/00
CPC classification number: H02J7/345 , G06F3/0625 , H02J7/0018 , H02J9/061 , G01R27/28 , G01R31/14 , G06F13/28 , H01M10/46 , H01M10/48 , H01M10/52
Abstract: Various embodiments described herein use a set of capacitor sets (e.g., capacitor banks) in a power backup architecture for a memory sub-system, where each capacitor set can be individually checked for a health condition (e.g., in parallel) to determine their respective health after the memory sub-system has completed a boot process. In response to determining that at least one capacitor set has failed the health condition (or a certain number of capacitor sets have failed the health condition), the memory sub-system can perform certain operations prior to primary power loss to the memory sub-system (e.g., preemptively performs a data backup process to ensure data integrity) and can adjust the operational mode of the memory sub-system (e.g., switch it from read-write mode to read-only mode).
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公开(公告)号:US11637903B2
公开(公告)日:2023-04-25
申请号:US17698952
申请日:2022-03-18
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Matthew D. Rowley , Mark Bauer
IPC: G06F13/00 , H04L67/2885 , H04W88/06 , H04L69/18 , H04W88/16 , G06F13/16 , H04L67/567
Abstract: A memory device includes a communication circuit configured to communicate a first signal and a second signal; and a selection mechanism coupled to the communication circuit and configured to select between operating the communication circuit the first signal and the second signal (1) independent signals for separate memory operations or (2) a complementary set for a memory operation.
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公开(公告)号:US20220210244A1
公开(公告)日:2022-06-30
申请号:US17698952
申请日:2022-03-18
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Matthew D. Rowley , Mark Bauer
IPC: H04L67/2885 , H04W88/06 , H04L67/567 , H04L69/18 , H04W88/16 , G06F13/16
Abstract: A memory device includes a communication circuit configured to communicate a first signal and a second signal; and a selection mechanism coupled to the communication circuit and configured to select between operating the communication circuit the first signal and the second signal (1) independent signals for separate memory operations or (2) a complementary set for a memory operation.
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公开(公告)号:US11335384B2
公开(公告)日:2022-05-17
申请号:US17124582
申请日:2020-12-17
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Matthew D. Rowley
IPC: G11C5/14 , G06F1/30 , G06F1/3234 , G06F1/3296 , H02M1/00 , G06F1/26 , G06F1/28 , G05F1/46
Abstract: A method of operating a memory sub-system includes receiving an input voltage at a power management (PM) component of a memory sub-system, where the PM component includes a capacitive voltage divider (CVD), a linear voltage regulator (LVR), and a switching voltage regulator (SVR). The method includes determining whether the input voltage corresponds to a low power mode of the memory sub-system and that the input voltage is higher than an uppermost supply voltage at which a memory component of the memory sub-system is configured to operate. The method further includes selectably coupling, responsive to a determination of the low power mode, the CVD and the LVR and sequentially reducing the input voltage by the CVD and the LVR to a supply voltage for the memory component, where the supply voltage is not higher than the uppermost supply voltage at which the memory component is configured to operate.
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公开(公告)号:US11303721B2
公开(公告)日:2022-04-12
申请号:US17064542
申请日:2020-10-06
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Matthew D. Rowley , Mark Bauer
IPC: G11C7/22 , H04L67/2885 , H04W88/06 , H04L67/567 , H04L69/18 , H04W88/16 , G06F13/16
Abstract: A memory device includes a communication circuit configured to communicate a first signal and a second signal; and a selection mechanism coupled to the communication circuit and configured to select between operating the communication circuit the first signal and the second signal (1) independent signals for separate memory operations or (2) a complementary set for a memory operation.
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