Patents by Inventor Erik T. Barmon

Erik T. Barmon 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: 12334138
    Abstract: Described apparatuses and methods enable a system including at least one memory device to load different address scramble patterns on dies of the memory device. The address scramble patterns may include the logical-to-physical conversion of rows in the memory device or the memory dies. In aspects, the apparatuses and methods can change the address scrambles at different intervals, such as after a power reset or when the data stored on the memory device is invalid, not current, flushable, or erasable. The described aspects may reduce effectiveness of usage-based disturb attacks used by malicious actors to discover a layout of a type of particular memory device or memory die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Erik T. Barmon, Yang Lu, Nathaniel J. Meier, Kang-Yong Kim
  • Publication number: 20240071464
    Abstract: Described apparatuses and methods enable a system including at least one memory device to load different address scramble patterns on dies of the memory device. The address scramble patterns may include the logical-to-physical conversion of rows in the memory device or the memory dies. In aspects, the apparatuses and methods can change the address scrambles at different intervals, such as after a power reset or when the data stored on the memory device is invalid, not current, flushable, or erasable. The described aspects may reduce effectiveness of usage-based disturb attacks used by malicious actors to discover a layout of a type of particular memory device or memory die.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Erik T. Barmon, Yang Lu, Nathaniel J. Meier, Kang-Yong Kim