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公开(公告)号:US20190279688A1
公开(公告)日:2019-09-12
申请号:US15919020
申请日:2018-03-12
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Matthew David Rowley
IPC: G11C5/14 , H03K17/687 , G06F1/28 , G06F1/30
Abstract: Disclosed is an improved load switch driver for power management integrated circuit (PMIC) devices. In one embodiment, a PMIC is disclosed comprising a gate driver, the gate driver connected to the gate of a switch; an operation frequency generator connected to the gate driver and configured to supply a periodic voltage to the gate driver; and a voltage sensor, the voltage sensor connected to the operation frequency generator and the source of the switch, the voltage sensor configured to monitor a drain-source voltage of the switch and lower the frequency of the operation frequency generator to a second frequency in response to detecting a collapse of the drain-source voltage.
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公开(公告)号:US20190107966A1
公开(公告)日:2019-04-11
申请号:US16211048
申请日:2018-12-05
Applicant: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Inventor: David Matthew Springberg , Matthew David Rowley , Peter Edward Kaineg
Abstract: A solid-state drive (SSD) includes a connector communicatively coupling the SSD to a host device, a controller coupled to the connector, and a memory device. The SSD also include a regulator configured to receive an instruction to enter a low power mode of the SSD, enter the low power mode upon receipt of the instruction, receive an indication to exit the low power mode, and exit the low power mode upon receipt of the indication.
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公开(公告)号:US20170371574A1
公开(公告)日:2017-12-28
申请号:US15194202
申请日:2016-06-27
Applicant: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Inventor: David Matthew Springberg , Matthew David Rowley , Peter Edward Kaineg
CPC classification number: G06F3/0625 , G06F3/0634 , G06F3/0688 , G06F13/1668 , G06F13/4068 , G06F13/4282 , G06F2213/0026 , G06F2213/0032 , Y02D10/14 , Y02D10/151 , Y02D10/154
Abstract: A solid-state drive (SSD) includes a connector communicatively coupling the SSD to a host device, a controller coupled to the connector, and a memory device. The SSD also include a regulator configured to receive an instruction to enter a low power mode of the SSD, enter the low power mode upon receipt of the instruction, receive an indication to exit the low power mode, and exit the low power mode upon receipt of the indication.
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公开(公告)号:US11514955B2
公开(公告)日:2022-11-29
申请号:US17018051
申请日:2020-09-11
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Matthew David Rowley
Abstract: A power management circuit receives power from a host and a backup power supply in parallel and uses power from at least one of the host and the backup power supply to operate voltage regulators for a memory system. An enable signal is generated based on whether or not the voltage regulators are powered. The enable signal can be used to keep the backup power supply on while the memory system is in operation. In response to absence of power from the host, the circuit generates an interrupt signal causing the memory system to shut down safely without data loss.
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公开(公告)号:US11243602B2
公开(公告)日:2022-02-08
申请号:US16554896
申请日:2019-08-29
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Matthew David Rowley
IPC: G06F1/3296 , G11C16/26 , G06F12/02 , H01L27/11526 , G11C7/20 , G11C7/22 , H01L27/11521 , G11C16/30 , G11C5/14 , G11C7/10 , G06F1/3234
Abstract: A power management circuit that has multiple sets of circuits to provide certain same power management functionalities in different power modes, such as voltage, current and temperature sensing and/or measuring, generating of reference states or biases to effectuate circuit protection in various conditions, such as under voltages, over voltages, etc. One set of circuits is configured to operate during a normal mode and is optimized for performance, speed and/or accuracy. Another set of circuits is configured to operate during a sleep mode and is optimized for reduced power consumption where the performance, speed and/or accuracy may be inferior to the circuits for the normal mode but the functionality is maintained within the low power consumption constraint.
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公开(公告)号:US20210026569A1
公开(公告)日:2021-01-28
申请号:US17066305
申请日:2020-10-08
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Matthew David Rowley
Abstract: Disclosed are devices and methods for protecting the register file of a power management integrated circuit (PMIC). In one embodiment, a device is disclosed comprising: a register file comprising a plurality of a registers, at least one register in the register file containing a write register bit (WRB); and an interface configured to receive messages from a host application, the messages including a WRB enablement signal, wherein the device is configured to enable writing to the register file in response to receiving the WRB enablement signal over the interface, write data in response to write messages while writing to the register file is enabled, and disable writing to the register file in response to receiving a stop bit over the interface.
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公开(公告)号:US10802754B2
公开(公告)日:2020-10-13
申请号:US15919026
申请日:2018-03-12
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Matthew David Rowley
Abstract: Disclosed are devices and methods for protecting the register file of a power management integrated circuit (PMIC). In one embodiment, a device is disclosed comprising: a register file comprising a plurality of a registers, at least one register in the register file containing a write register bit (WRB); and an interface configured to receive messages from a host application, the messages including a WRB enablement signal, wherein the device is configured to enable writing to the register file in response to receiving the WRB enablement signal over the interface, write data in response to write messages while writing to the register file is enabled, and disable writing to the register file in response to receiving a stop bit over the interface.
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公开(公告)号:US10755750B2
公开(公告)日:2020-08-25
申请号:US16661904
申请日:2019-10-23
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Matthew David Rowley
IPC: G11C5/14 , G11C11/4074 , G06F1/28 , G06F1/30 , H03K17/687
Abstract: Disclosed is an improved load switch driver for Power Management Integrated Circuit (PMIC) devices. In one embodiment, a PMIC is disclosed comprising a gate driver, the gate driver connected to the gate of a switch; an operation frequency generator connected to the gate driver and configured to supply a periodic voltage to the gate driver; and a voltage sensor, the voltage sensor connected to the operation frequency generator and the source of the switch, the voltage sensor configured to monitor a drain-source voltage of the switch and lower the frequency of the operation frequency generator to a second frequency in response to detecting a collapse of the drain-source voltage.
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公开(公告)号:US20190384377A1
公开(公告)日:2019-12-19
申请号:US16554896
申请日:2019-08-29
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Matthew David Rowley
IPC: G06F1/3296 , G11C7/20 , G11C16/30 , H01L27/11521 , G11C16/26 , H01L27/11526 , G06F12/02 , G11C7/22
Abstract: A power management circuit that has multiple sets of circuits to provide certain same power management functionalities in different power modes, such as voltage, current and temperature sensing and/or measuring, generating of reference states or biases to effectuate circuit protection in various conditions, such as under voltages, over voltages, etc. One set of circuits is configured to operate during a normal mode and is optimized for performance, speed and/or accuracy. Another set of circuits is configured to operate during a sleep mode and is optimized for reduced power consumption where the performance, speed and/or accuracy may be inferior to the circuits for the normal mode but the functionality is maintained within the low power consumption constraint.
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公开(公告)号:US20190361613A1
公开(公告)日:2019-11-28
申请号:US15990497
申请日:2018-05-25
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Matthew David Rowley , David Matthew Springberg , Dustin James Carter
Abstract: Disclosed is a power management integrated circuit with embedded address resolution protocol functionality. In one embodiment, a device is disclosed comprising a data storage device; and an address resolution protocol (ARP) state machine communicatively coupled to the data storage device and included within a power management integrated circuit (PMIC), the ARP state machine configured to assign an address to the data storage device and validate requests for data stored in the data storage device received over a bus.
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