Patents by Inventor Dustin J. Carter

Dustin J. Carter 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).

  • Publication number: 20250077086
    Abstract: A memory sub-system includes a memory sub-system controller comprising a plurality of controller channels, wherein the memory sub-system controller provides a plurality of channel mappings, wherein a first channel mapping of the plurality of channel mappings identifies a first controller channel of the plurality of controller channels and one or more first memory channels of a plurality of memory channels, and wherein a second channel mapping of the plurality of channel mappings identifies a second controller channel of the plurality of controller channels and one or more second memory channels of the plurality of memory channels; one or more memory devices comprising the plurality of memory channels, wherein the one or more memory devices comprise a plurality of memory dies, wherein each memory channel of the plurality of memory channels corresponds to a respective one of the plurality of memory dies; and a channel switch circuit coupled between the plurality of the controller channels and the plurality of m
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: Chulbum Kim, Sundararajan Sankaranarayanan, Xiangyu Tang, Dustin J. Carter
  • Publication number: 20250045217
    Abstract: A reference clock signal is received by an active input/output expander (AIOE), from a memory sub-system controller, via a first interface of the AIEO. A signal corresponding to data associated with an input/output (I/O) command is received from a memory device, via a second interface of the AIOE. The signal corresponding to the data is converted to a first interface-compliant signal based on the reference clock signal. The first interface-compliant signal is sent to the memory sub-system controller via the first interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Suresh Rajgopal, Chulbum Kim, Dustin J. Carter
  • Patent number: 12189958
    Abstract: A memory sub-system includes a memory sub-system controller comprising a plurality of controller channels, one or more memory devices, each of which comprises a respective plurality of memory dies, and a channel switch circuit coupled between the plurality of the controller channels and a plurality of memory channels of the one or more memory devices, where each memory channel corresponds to a respective one of the plurality of memory dies of one of the memory devices, the channel switch circuit comprising command processing logic configured to: receive, from the memory sub-system controller, a plurality of channel mappings, each of which identifies a particular one of the controller channels and a particular one of the memory channels, and route data from each controller channel to a respective one of the memory channels that is associated with the controller channel by a respective one of the channel mappings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Chulbum Kim, Sundararajan Sankaranarayanan, Xiangyu Tang, Dustin J. Carter
  • Patent number: 12130755
    Abstract: An input/output (I/O) command referencing a logical address of a memory sub-system is received by an active input/output expander (AIOE). The I/O command is received from a memory sub-system controller via the AIOE. The AIOE identifies a physical block address corresponding to the logical block address. The AIOE identifies, among a plurality of memory devices, a memory device associated with the physical block address. The AIOE converts the I/O command received via the serial interface to a parallel interface compliant I/O command. The AIOE sends the parallel interface compliant I/O command to the memory device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Suresh Rajgopal, Chulbum Kim, Dustin J. Carter
  • Publication number: 20240069738
    Abstract: A memory sub-system includes a memory sub-system controller comprising a plurality of controller channels, one or more memory devices, each of which comprises a respective plurality of memory dies, and a channel switch circuit coupled between the plurality of the controller channels and a plurality of memory channels of the one or more memory devices, where each memory channel corresponds to a respective one of the plurality of memory dies of one of the memory devices, the channel switch circuit comprising command processing logic configured to: receive, from the memory sub-system controller, a plurality of channel mappings, each of which identifies a particular one of the controller channels and a particular one of the memory channels, and route data from each controller channel to a respective one of the memory channels that is associated with the controller channel by a respective one of the channel mappings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Chulbum Kim, Sundararajan Sankaranarayanan, Xiangyu Tang, Dustin J. Carter
  • Publication number: 20230359390
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure configure a system component, such as a memory sub-system controller, to provide a configurable buffer device. The configuration buffer device is coupled between a processing device and a set of memory components. The configurable buffer device can be configured based on configuration data to couple a first quantity of front-side channels to a second quantity of back-side channels. The configuration data can be received from an external source, such as the processing device, or can be stored in a configuration register at manufacture. The configuration data can also be generated or determined based on one or more pins of the buffer device that control how many font-side channels and how many back-side channels to enable/disable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Jose Rey C. De Luna, Suresh Rajgopal, Jeremy Wayne Butterfield, Dustin J. Carter
  • Patent number: 11675696
    Abstract: A value setting associated with one or more parameters of a host-side interface and a memory-side interface of an input/output (I/O) expander is configured to enable Open NAND Flash Interface (ONFI)-compliant communications between a host system and a target memory die of a memory sub-system. The I/O expander processes one or more ONFI-compliant communications between the host system and the target memory die, wherein the one or more ONFI-compliant communications relate to execution of a memory access operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Suresh Rajgopal, Jeremy W. Butterfield, Sean E. Nerich, Dustin J. Carter
  • Publication number: 20230075279
    Abstract: An input/output (I/O) command referencing a logical address of a memory sub-system is received by an active input/output expander (AIOE). The I/O command is received from a memory sub-system controller via the AIOE. The AIOE identifies a physical block address corresponding to the logical block address. The AIOE identifies, among a plurality of memory devices, a memory device associated with the physical block address. The AIOE converts the I/O command received via the serial interface to a parallel interface compliant I/O command. The AIOE sends the parallel interface compliant I/O command to the memory device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Suresh Rajgopal, Chulbum Kim, Dustin J. Carter
  • Patent number: 11468171
    Abstract: A variety of applications can include apparatus and/or methods of controlling a secure boot mode for a memory system. In an embodiment, a system includes a memory component and a processing device, where the processing device is configured to control a boot process for the system to operate the memory component and perform a cryptographic verification with a host to conduct an authentication of the host. The processing device can interact with the host, in response to the authentication, to receive a setting to control the boot process in a secure boot mode. The processing can interact with another processing device of the system to store the setting and to receive a secure boot signal from the other processing device, where the secure boot signal is a signal to assert or de-assert the secure boot mode depending on a value of the setting. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert W. Strong, Dustin J. Carter, Neil Levine
  • Patent number: 11367490
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew D. Rowley, Dustin J. Carter
  • 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
  • Patent number: 11328779
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew D. Rowley, Dustin J. Carter
  • Publication number: 20210406172
    Abstract: A value setting associated with one or more parameters of a host-side interface and a memory-side interface of an input/output (I/O) expander is configured to enable Open NAND Flash Interface (ONFI)-compliant communications between a host system and a target memory die of a memory sub-system. The I/O expander processes one or more ONFI-compliant communications between the host system and the target memory die, wherein the one or more ONFI-compliant communications relate to execution of a memory access operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Suresh Rajgopal, Jeremy W. Butterfield, Sean E. Nerich, Dustin J. Carter
  • Patent number: 11132292
    Abstract: A read command to read a target memory die of a memory sub-system is received from a host system via a host-side interface of an active input/output (I/O) expander. The active I/O expander identifies a page address corresponding to the target memory die and decodes the read command to send to a memory stack associated with the page address corresponding to the target memory die. Read data is received via a memory-side interface of the active I/O expander from the memory stack including the target memory die. A signal conditioning operation is performed on the read data to generate conditioned read data. The active I/O expander sends, via the host-side interface, the conditioned read data to the host system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Suresh Rajgopal, Jeremy W. Butterfield, Sean E. Nerich, Dustin J. Carter
  • Publication number: 20210173771
    Abstract: A read command to read a target memory die of a memory sub-system is received from a host system via a host-side interface of an active input/output (I/O) expander. The active I/O expander identifies a page address corresponding to the target memory die and decodes the read command to send to a memory stack associated with the page address corresponding to the target memory die. Read data is received via a memory-side interface of the active I/O expander from the memory stack including the target memory die. A signal conditioning operation is performed on the read data to generate conditioned read data. The active I/O expander sends, via the host-side interface, the conditioned read data to the host system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Suresh Rajgopal, Jeremy W. Butterfield, Sean E. Nerich, 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
  • Patent number: 10956576
    Abstract: A variety of applications can include apparatus and/or methods of controlling a secure boot mode for a memory system. In an embodiment, a system includes a memory component and a processing device, where the processing device is configured to control a boot process for the system to operate the memory component and perform a cryptographic verification with a host to conduct an authentication of the host. The processing device can interact with the host, in response to the authentication, to receive a setting to control the boot process in a secure boot mode. The processing can interact with another processing device of the system to store the setting and to receive a secure boot signal from the other processing device, where the secure boot signal is a signal to assert or de-assert the secure boot mode depending on a value of the setting. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert W. Strong, Dustin J. Carter, Neil Levine
  • Publication number: 20210081537
    Abstract: A variety of applications can include apparatus and/or methods of controlling a secure boot mode for a memory system. In an embodiment, a system includes a memory component and a processing device, where the processing device is configured to control a boot process for the system to operate the memory component and perform a cryptographic verification with a host to conduct an authentication of the host. The processing device can interact with the host, in response to the authentication, to receive a setting to control the boot process in a secure boot mode. The processing can interact with another processing device of the system to store the setting and to receive a secure boot signal from the other processing device, where the secure boot signal is a signal to assert or de-assert the secure boot mode depending on a value of the setting. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Robert W. Strong, Dustin J. Carter, Neil Levine
  • Publication number: 20210065822
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Matthew D. Rowley, Dustin J. Carter
  • 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