Patents by Inventor Gary F. Besinga

Gary F. Besinga 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).

  • Identifying asynchronous power loss
    Patent number: 9921898
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods of operating such apparatus include iteratively programming a group of memory cells to respective desired data states, wherein a particular memory cell is configured to store overhead data and a different memory cell is configured to store user data; determining whether a power loss to the apparatus is indicated while iteratively programming the group of memory cells; and if a power loss to the apparatus is indicated, changing the desired data state of the particular memory cell before continuing with the programming. Apparatus and methods of operating such apparatus further include reading a data state of a particular memory cell of a last written page of memory cells, and marking the page as affected by power loss during a programming operation if the particular memory cell has any data state other than a particular data state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael G. Miller, Ashutosh Malshe, Violante Moschiano, Peter Feeley, Gary F. Besinga, Sampath K. Ratnam, Walter Di-Francesco, Renato C. Padilla, Jr., Yun Li, Kishore Kumar Muchherla