Patents by Inventor Glen E. Hush

Glen E. Hush 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: 20250037755
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses related to using non-zero selection circuitry. For example, the non-zero selection circuitry can determine whether a first word received from a first group of sense amplifiers has at least one bit having a first binary value, such as a logical “1”. In response to the first word being determined to have at least one bit having the first binary value, the first word can be outputted from the non-zero selection circuitry and a second word can be prevented from being outputted (even if the second word is determined to have at least one bit having the first binary value) at least while the first word is being outputted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Timothy P. Finkbeiner, Glen E. Hush, Troy A. Manning, Troy D. Larsen, Peter L. Brown
  • Patent number: 12211571
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for on-die testing for a memory device are described. In some examples, a memory die may include processing circuitry configured to perform evaluations of the memory die based on commands or instructions received from an external device. The processing circuitry may be configured to detect failures of the memory die and transmit related indications to the external device based on the on-die detection. In some examples, the processing circuitry may be configured to communicate failure information at a finer granularity than information associated with expected or nominal behavior. Additionally or alternatively, the processing circuitry may be configured to perform operations according to an internally-generated clock signal that operates at a faster rate or speed than a clock signal from the external device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: David W. Overgaard, Andrew P. Lyle, Glen E. Hush, Timothy P. Finkbeiner, Kristopher J. Kopel, Jonathan D. Harms
  • Publication number: 20250029651
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices related to performing logical operations using multiple digit lines. At least two digit lines coupled to the same sense amplifier can be used for the logical operations. For example, two word lines on one digit line and one word line on another digit line can be substantially concurrently activated to perform a particular logical operation. These three word lines are respectively coupled to memory cells configured to store either operands of operation or a reference data value for the particular logical.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: Glen E. Hush, Troy A. Manning, Timothy P. Finkbeiner, Troy D. Larsen, Peter L. Brown
  • Publication number: 20250006251
    Abstract: A memory device includes a memory die bonded to a logic die. A logic die that is bonded to a memory die via a wafer-on-wafer bonding process can receive signals indicative of input data from a global data bus of the memory die and through a bond of the logic die and memory die. The logic die can also receive signals indicative of kernel data from local input/output (LIO) lines of the memory die and through the bond. The logic die can perform a plurality of operations at a plurality of vector-vector (VV) units utilizing the signals indicative of input data and the signals indicative of kernel data. The inputs and the outputs to the VV units can be configured based on a mode of the logic die.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2024
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Inventors: Aliasger T. Zaidy, Glen E. Hush, Sean S. Eilert, Kunal R. Parekh
  • Patent number: 12183387
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods related to logical operations using memory cells. An example apparatus comprises a first memory cell controlled to invert a data value stored therein and a second memory cell controlled to invert a data value stored therein. The apparatus may further include a controller coupled to the first memory cell and the second memory cell. The controller may be configured to cause performance of a logical operation between the data value stored in the first memory cell and the data value stored in the second memory cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Inventors: Troy A. Manning, Glen E. Hush
  • Publication number: 20240427512
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods can be related to supplementing AI processing in memory. An accelerator and/or a host can perform AI processing. Some of the operations comprising the AI processing can be performed by a memory device instead of by an accelerator and/or a host. The memory device can perform AI processing in conjunction with the host and/or accelerator to increase the efficiency of the host and/or accelerator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2024
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Inventors: Honglin Sun, Richard C. Murphy, Glen E. Hush
  • Publication number: 20240420757
    Abstract: A memory device includes an array of memory cells configured on a die or chip and coupled to sense lines and access lines of the die or chip and a respective sense amplifier configured on the die or chip coupled to each of the sense lines. Each of a plurality of subsets of the sense lines is coupled to a respective local input/output (I/O) line on the die or chip for communication of data on the die or chip and a respective transceiver associated with the respective local I/O line, the respective transceiver configured to enable communication of the data to one or more device off the die or chip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Inventors: Glen E. Hush, Sean S. Eilert, Aliasger T. Zaidy, Kunal R. Parekh
  • Patent number: 12165696
    Abstract: A memory device includes a memory die bonded to a logic die via a wafer-on-wafer bond. A controller of the memory device that is coupled to the memory die can activate a row of the memory die. Responsive to activating the row, a sense amplifier stripe of the memory die can latch a first plurality of signals. A transceiver can route a second plurality of signals from the sense amplifier stripe to the logic die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Sean S. Eilert, Glen E. Hush, Aliasger T. Zaidy, Kunal R. Parekh
  • Patent number: 12165691
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods for performing operations by a memory device in a self-refresh state. An example includes an array of memory cells and a controller coupled to the array of memory cells. The controller is configured to direct performance of compute operations on data stored in the array when the array is in a self-refresh state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Inventors: Perry V. Lea, Glen E. Hush
  • Publication number: 20240345756
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods for data movement. An example apparatus includes a memory device that includes a plurality of subarrays of memory cells and sensing circuitry coupled to the plurality of subarrays. The sensing circuitry includes a sense amplifier and a compute component. The memory device also includes a plurality of subarray controllers. Each subarray controller of the plurality of subarray controllers is coupled to a respective subarray of the plurality of subarrays and is configured to direct performance of an operation with respect to data stored in the respective subarray of the plurality of subarrays. The memory device is configured to move a data value corresponding to a result of an operation with respect to data stored in a first subarray of the plurality of subarrays to a memory cell in a second subarray of the plurality of subarrays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: Perry V. Lea, Glen E. Hush
  • Patent number: 12112793
    Abstract: A memory device includes a memory die bonded to a logic die. A logic die that is bonded to a memory die via a wafer-on-wafer bonding process can receive signals indicative of input data from a global data bus of the memory die and through a bond of the logic die and memory die. The logic die can also receive signals indicative of kernel data from local input/output (LIO) lines of the memory die and through the bond. The logic die can perform a plurality of operations at a plurality of vector-vector (VV) units utilizing the signals indicative of input data and the signals indicative of kernel data. The inputs and the outputs to the VV units can be configured based on a mode of the logic die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Aliasger T. Zaidy, Glen E. Hush, Sean S. Eilert, Kunal R. Parekh
  • Patent number: 12112792
    Abstract: A memory device includes an array of memory cells configured on a die or chip and coupled to sense lines and access lines of the die or chip and a respective sense amplifier configured on the die or chip coupled to each of the sense lines. Each of a plurality of subsets of the sense lines is coupled to a respective local input/output (I/O) line on the die or chip for communication of data on the die or chip and a respective transceiver associated with the respective local I/O line, the respective transceiver configured to enable communication of the data to one or more device off the die or chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Glen E. Hush, Sean S. Eilert, Aliasger T. Zaidy, Kunal R. Parekh
  • Patent number: 12086443
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods can be related to supplementing AI processing in memory. An accelerator and/or a host can perform AI processing. Some of the operations comprising the AI processing can be performed by a memory device instead of by an accelerator and/or a host. The memory device can perform AI processing in conjunction with the host and/or accelerator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Inventors: Honglin Sun, Richard C. Murphy, Glen E. Hush
  • Publication number: 20240256448
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices related to sense amplifiers of a memory device serving as a Static Random Access Memory (SRAM) cache. For example, a memory array can be coupled to sense amplifiers. In a first mode, the sense amplifiers can be electrically disconnect from digit lines of the memory array. In the first mode, data and metadata of a cache line can be stored in the sense amplifiers when electrically disconnected from the number of digit lines. In the first mode, a portion of the data can be communicated, based on the metadata, from the sense amplifiers to the processing device. In a second mode, the sense amplifiers can connect to the memory array and sense data from the memory array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2024
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Inventors: Peter L. Brown, Glen E. Hush, Troy A. Manning, Timothy P. Finkbeiner, Troy D. Larsen
  • Publication number: 20240256156
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices related to sense amplifiers of a memory device serving as a Static Random Access Memory (SRAM) resource. For example, a memory array of a memory device can be coupled to sense amplifiers. The sense amplifiers can be electrically disconnected from digit lines of the memory array. Data can be stored in the sense amplifiers. The data can be communicated from the sense amplifiers to a processing device external to the memory array and the sense amplifiers. The sense amplifiers can receive data from the processing device and, when electrically disconnected from the number of digit lines, store the received data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2024
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Inventor: Glen E. Hush
  • Publication number: 20240231647
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods related to storage device operation orchestration are described. A plurality of computing devices (or “tiles”) can be coupled to a controller (e.g., an “orchestration controller”) and an interface. The controller can control operation of the computing devices. For instance, the controller can include circuitry to request a block of data from a memory device coupled to the apparatus, cause a processing unit of at least one computing device of the plurality of computing devices to perform an operation on the block of data in which at least some of the data is ordered, reordered, removed, or discarded, and cause, after some of the data is ordered, reordered, removed, or discarded, the block of data to be transferred to the interface coupled to the plurality of computing devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Richard C. Murphy, Glen E. Hush, Vijay S. Ramesh, Allan Porterfield, Anton Korzh
  • Patent number: 12019895
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods for data movement. An example apparatus includes a memory device that includes a plurality of subarrays of memory cells and sensing circuitry coupled to the plurality of subarrays. The sensing circuitry includes a sense amplifier and a compute component. The memory device also includes a plurality of subarray controllers. Each subarray controller of the plurality of subarray controllers is coupled to a respective subarray of the plurality of subarrays and is configured to direct performance of an operation with respect to data stored in the respective subarray of the plurality of subarrays. The memory device is configured to move a data value corresponding to a result of an operation with respect to data stored in a first subarray of the plurality of subarrays to a memory cell in a second subarray of the plurality of subarrays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Inventors: Perry V. Lea, Glen E. Hush
  • Publication number: 20240184450
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods for simultaneous in data path compute operations. An apparatus can include a memory device having an array of memory cells and sensing circuitry selectably coupled to the array. A plurality of shared I/O lines can be configured to move data from the array of memory cells to a first portion of logic stripes and a second portion of logic stripes for in data path compute operations associated with the array. The first portion of logic stripes can perform a first number of operations on a first portion of data moved from the array of memory cells to the first portion of logic stripes while the second portion of logic stripes perform a second number of operations on a second portion of data moved from the array of memory cells to the second portion of logic stripes during a first time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Perry V. Lea, Glen E. Hush
  • Publication number: 20240161830
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods related to organizing data to correspond to a matrix at a memory device are described. Data can be organized by circuitry coupled to an array of memory cells prior to the processing resources executing instructions on the data. The organization of data may thus occur on a memory device, rather than at an external processor. A controller coupled to the array of memory cells may direct the circuitry to organize the data in a matrix configuration to prepare the data for processing by the processing resources. The circuitry may be or include a column decode circuitry that organizes the data based on a command from the host associated with the processing resource. For example, data read in a prefetch operation may be selected to correspond to rows or columns of a matrix configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Glen E. Hush, Aaron P. Boehm, Fa-Long Luo
  • Publication number: 20240143196
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods related to mitigating unauthorized memory access are described. Mitigating unauthorized memory access can include verifying whether an access command is authorized to access a protected region of a memory array. The authorization can be verified utilizing a key and a memory address corresponding to the access command. If an access command is authorized to access a protected region, then a row of the memory array corresponding to the access command can be activated. If an access command is not authorized to access the protected region, then a row of the memory array corresponding to the access command may not be activated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Richard C. Murphy, Shivam Swami, Naveh Malihi, Anton Korzh, Glen E. Hush