Patents by Inventor Steven Eskildsen

Steven Eskildsen has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11385949
    Abstract: Apparatus having a plurality of sets of memory devices and a multiplexer, wherein each set of memory devices of the plurality of sets of memory devices corresponds to a respective enable signal of a plurality of enable signals, wherein, for each set of memory devices of the plurality of sets of memory devices, each memory device of that set of memory devices is configured to receive commands in response to the respective enable signal for that set of memory devices having a particular logic level, and wherein, for each set of memory devices of the plurality of sets of memory devices, the multiplexer is configured to selectively connect input/output signal lines of that set of memory devices to an interface of the apparatus in response to the respective enable signal for that set of memory devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Suresh Rajgopal, Dan E. Soto, Steven Eskildsen
  • Patent number: 11347415
    Abstract: A selection device includes a multiplexer component, an input channel configured to couple at least the multiplexer to the memory sub-system controller, and a set of output channels coupled to the multiplexer component. Each of the set of output channels is further coupled to a respective memory device of a set of memory devices. Each of the set of output channels is configured to transmit data between the multiplexer component and the respective memory device. The selection device further includes a decoder component that is coupled to the input channel and each of the set of memory devices. The decoder component is configured to receive, from the memory sub-system controller via the input channel, a signal including a first signal portion configured to enable the decoder component and a second signal portion configured to identify a particular output channel of the set of output channels that is to transmit the data between the multiplexer component and the corresponding memory device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Suresh Rajgopal, Henrico L. Yahja, Steven Eskildsen, Dustin J. Carter
  • Publication number: 20210117115
    Abstract: A selection device includes a multiplexer component, an input channel configured to couple at least the multiplexer to the memory sub-system controller, and a set of output channels coupled to the multiplexer component. Each of the set of output channels is further coupled to a respective memory device of a set of memory devices. Each of the set of output channels is configured to transmit data between the multiplexer component and the respective memory device. The selection device further includes a decoder component that is coupled to the input channel and each of the set of memory devices. The decoder component is configured to receive, from the memory sub-system controller via the input channel, a signal including a first signal portion configured to enable the decoder component and a second signal portion configured to identify a particular output channel of the set of output channels that is to transmit the data between the multiplexer component and the corresponding memory device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Suresh Rajgopal, Henrico L. Yahja, Steven Eskildsen, Dustin J. Carter
  • Publication number: 20210055979
    Abstract: Apparatus having a plurality of sets of memory devices and a multiplexer, wherein each set of memory devices of the plurality of sets of memory devices corresponds to a respective enable signal of a plurality of enable signals, wherein, for each set of memory devices of the plurality of sets of memory devices, each memory device of that set of memory devices is configured to receive commands in response to the respective enable signal for that set of memory devices having a particular logic level, and wherein, for each set of memory devices of the plurality of sets of memory devices, the multiplexer is configured to selectively connect input/output signal lines of that set of memory devices to an interface of the apparatus in response to the respective enable signal for that set of memory devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Suresh Rajgopal, Dan E. Soto, Steven Eskildsen
  • Patent number: 10877678
    Abstract: A selection device can be operatively coupled with non-volatile memory devices. Enable signals that are based on an architecture of non-volatile memory devices can be received. Data can be transmitted to the non-volatile memory devices based on the enable signals that are based on the architecture of the non-volatile memory devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Suresh Rajgopal, Henrico L. Yahja, Steven Eskildsen, Dustin J. Carter
  • Patent number: 10846158
    Abstract: Apparatus having first and second sets of memory devices commonly connected to receive a first enable signal and a second enable signal, respectively, and a multiplexer connected to receive the first and second enable signals. The multiplexer is configured to connect the first set of memory devices to an output of the apparatus in response to the first enable signal having a first logic level, and to isolate the first set of memory devices from the output in response to the first enable signal having a second logic level different than the first logic level. The multiplexer is further configured to connect the second set of memory devices to the output in response to the second enable signal having the first logic level, and to isolate the second set of memory devices from the output in response to the second enable signal having the second logic level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Suresh Rajgopal, Dan E. Soto, Steven Eskildsen
  • Publication number: 20200110645
    Abstract: Apparatus having first and second sets of memory devices commonly connected to receive a first enable signal and a second enable signal, respectively, and a multiplexer connected to receive the first and second enable signals. The multiplexer is configured to connect the first set of memory devices to an output of the apparatus in response to the first enable signal having a first logic level, and to isolate the first set of memory devices from the output in response to the first enable signal having a second logic level different than the first logic level. The multiplexer is further configured to connect the second set of memory devices to the output in response to the second enable signal having the first logic level, and to isolate the second set of memory devices from the output in response to the second enable signal having the second logic level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Suresh Rajgopal, Dan E. Soto, Steven Eskildsen
  • Publication number: 20190354301
    Abstract: A selection device can be operatively coupled with non-volatile memory devices. Enable signals that are based on an architecture of non-volatile memory devices can be received. Data can be transmitted to the non-volatile memory devices based on the enable signals that are based on the architecture of the non-volatile memory devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Suresh Rajgopal, Henrico L. Yahja, Steven Eskildsen, Dustin J. Carter
  • Patent number: 10366934
    Abstract: A semiconductor die that includes a first die located on a first side of an interposer and a second die located on a second side of the interposer. Active sides of the first and second dies may each face the interposer. A bond wire may electrically connect the first die to the second side of the interposer and a bond wire may electrically connect the second die to the first side of the interposer. The bond wires may extend through a plurality of windows in the interposer. First and second dies may be attached to a first side of an interposer and may be electrically connected to a second side of the interposer through windows and third and fourth dies may be attached to a second side of the interposer and may be electrically connected to the first side of the interposer through windows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Chan Yoo, Akshay Singh, Yi Xu, Liana Foster, Steven Eskildsen
  • Publication number: 20190088565
    Abstract: A semiconductor die that includes a first die located on a first side of an interposer and a second die located on a second side of the interposer. Active sides of the first and second dies may each face the interposer. A bond wire may electrically connect the first die to the second side of the interposer and a bond wire may electrically connect the second die to the first side of the interposer. The bond wires may extend through a plurality of windows in the interposer. First and second dies may be attached to a first side of an interposer and may be electrically connected to a second side of the interposer through windows and third and fourth dies may be attached to a second side of the interposer and may be electrically connected to the first side of the interposer through windows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Chan Yoo, Akshay Singh, Yi Xu, Liana Foster, Steven Eskildsen
  • Publication number: 20180358275
    Abstract: A semiconductor die that includes a first die located on a first side of an interposer and a second die located on a second side of the interposer. Active sides of the first and second dies may each face the interposer. A bond wire may electrically connect the first die to the second side of the interposer and a bond wire may electrically connect the second die to the first side of the interposer. The bond wires may extend through a plurality of windows in the interposer. First and second dies may be attached to a first side of an interposer and may be electrically connected to a second side of the interposer through windows and third and fourth dies may be attached to a second side of the interposer and may be electrically connected to the first side of the interposer through windows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Chan Yoo, Akshay Singh, Yi Xu, Liana Foster, Steven Eskildsen
  • Patent number: 10153221
    Abstract: A semiconductor die that includes a first die located on a first side of an interposer and a second die located on a second side of the interposer. Active sides of the first and second dies may each face the interposer. A bond wire may electrically connect the first die to the second side of the interposer and a bond wire may electrically connect the second die to the first side of the interposer. The bond wires may extend through a plurality of windows in the interposer. First and second dies may be attached to a first side of an interposer and may be electrically connected to a second side of the interposer through windows and third and fourth dies may be attached to a second side of the interposer and may be electrically connected to the first side of the interposer through windows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Chan Yoo, Akshay Singh, Yi Xu, Liana Foster, Steven Eskildsen
  • Patent number: 8999763
    Abstract: Embodiments include but are not limited to apparatuses and systems including semiconductor packages, e.g. memory packages, having an interposer including at least one topological feature, such as a depression in a surface of the interposer, a die coupled to the surface of the interposer, and an encapsulant material formed over the die and the interposer, and disposed in the at least one depression to resist movement of the encapsulant material relative to the interposer. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Eskildsen, Aravind Ramamoorthy
  • Patent number: 8952515
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are disclosed to allow independent control of stacked memory modules. In one embodiment, an apparatus may comprise first, second, and third modules, each of the first, second and third modules having a plurality of stacked memory dice, at least some of the plurality of stacked memory dice including a Chip Enable (CE) signal electrically accessible from a bottom surface of a corresponding module of the first, second and third modules. The apparatus may comprise a Package-on-Package (PoP) structure where the first, second and third modules are attached to one another such that an individual access to each CE signal associated with the PoP structure is provided from the bottom surface of the corresponding module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Naylor Schenck, Steven Eskildsen
  • Patent number: 8860496
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein may relate to supply voltage or ground connections for integrated circuit devices. As one example, two or more supply voltage bond pads on an integrated circuit die may be connected together via one or more electrically conductive interconnects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Mostafa Naguib Abdulla, Steven Eskildsen
  • Publication number: 20140287558
    Abstract: Embodiments include but are not limited to apparatuses and systems including semiconductor packages, e.g. memory packages, having an interposer including at least one topological feature, such as a depression in a surface of the interposer, a die coupled to the surface of the interposer, and an encapsulant material formed over the die and the interposer, and disposed in the at least one depression to resist movement of the encapsulant material relative to the interposer. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Inventors: Steven Eskildsen, Aravind Ramamoorthy
  • Patent number: 8829693
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein may relate to supply voltage or ground connections for integrated circuit devices. As one example, two or more supply voltage bond fingers may be connected together via one or more electrically conductive interconnects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Mostafa Naguib Abdulla, Steven Eskildsen
  • Patent number: 8749074
    Abstract: Embodiments include but are not limited to apparatuses and systems including semiconductor packages, e.g. memory packages, having an interposer including at least one topological feature, such as a depression in a surface of the interposer, a die coupled to the surface of the interposer, and an encapsulant material formed over the die and the interposer, and disposed in the at least one depression to resist movement of the encapsulant material relative to the interposer. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Eskildsen, Aravind Ramamoorthy
  • Publication number: 20140015133
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein may relate to supply voltage or ground connections for integrated circuit devices. As one example, two or more supply voltage bond fingers may be connected together via one or more electrically conductive interconnects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Mostafa Naguib Abdulla, Steven Eskildsen
  • Publication number: 20140009218
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein may relate to supply voltage or ground connections for integrated circuit devices. As one example, two or more supply voltage bond pads on an integrated circuit die may be connected together via one or more electrically conductive interconnects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Mostafa Naguib Abdulla, Steven Eskildsen