Patents by Inventor James Fitzpatrick

James Fitzpatrick 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: 20250131965
    Abstract: A memory device to determine a voltage optimized to read a group of memory cells. In response to a command, the memory device reads the group of memory cells at a plurality of test voltages to determine a set of signal and noise characteristics of the group of memory cells. The memory device determines or recognizes a shape of a distribution of the signal and noise characteristics over the plurality of test voltages. Based on the shape, the memory device selects an operation in determining an optimized read voltage of the group of memory cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2024
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Inventors: AbdelHakim S. Alhussien, James Fitzpatrick, Patrick Robert Khayat, Sivagnanam Parthasarathy
  • Patent number: 12277978
    Abstract: A memory system configured to dynamically adjust the amount of redundant information stored in memory cells of a wordline on an integrated circuit die based on a bit error rate. For example, in response to a determination that a bit error rate of the wordline is above a threshold, the memory system can store first data items as independent first codewords of an error correction code technique into a first portion of the memory cells of the wordline, generate second data items as redundant information from the first codewords, and store the second data items in a second portion of the memory cells of the wordline. If the bit error rate is below the threshold, third data items can be stored as independent second codewords of the same length as the first codewords in the memory cells of the wordline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: James Fitzpatrick, Phong Sy Nguyen, Dung Viet Nguyen, Sivagnanam Parthasarathy
  • Patent number: 12266407
    Abstract: A method includes causing a read operation to be initiated with respect to a set of target cells. For each target cell, a respective group of adjacent cells is adjacent to the target cell. The method further includes obtaining, for each group of adjacent cells, respective cell state information, assigning, based on the cell state information, each target cell of the set of target cells to a respective state information bin, and determining a set of calibrated read level offsets. Each state information bin is associated with a respective group of target cells of the set of target cells, and each calibrated read level offset of the set of calibrated read level offsets is associated with a respective state information bin of the set of state information bins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Tomoharu Tanaka, James Fitzpatrick, Huai-Yuan Tseng, Kishore Kumar Muchherla, Eric N. Lee, David Scott Ebsen, Dung Viet Nguyen, Akira Goda
  • Publication number: 20250103230
    Abstract: Host data to be programmed to a plurality of memory cells associated with a wordline of a memory device is received from a host system. The host data into a plurality of partitions is divided. Each of the plurality of partitions is divided into a respective plurality of sub-partitions. One or more modulation mappings to be applied to the plurality of sub-partitions are determined based on the host data of the plurality of partitions. Host data of each sub-partition of the plurality of sub-partitions is modified based on the one or more modulation mappings. The modified host data of each sub-partition is written to the plurality of memory cells associated with the wordline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Dung Viet Nguyen, Phong S. Nguyen, James Fitzpatrick
  • Publication number: 20250103214
    Abstract: Described are systems and methods for dynamically configurable data modulation in memory systems. An example memory sub-system comprises a controller managing one or more memory devices. The controller is configured to perform operations, comprising: receiving a unit of data to be stored on the memory device; identifying a set of parameter values characterizing a target location of the unit of data on the memory device; determining a modulation code corresponding to the set of parameter values; modulating the unit of data by a modulation operation identified by the modulation code; and storing, on the memory device, the modulated unit of data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Phong S. Nguyen, Dung Viet Nguyen, James Fitzpatrick, Steven Raymond Brown
  • Publication number: 20250103213
    Abstract: Described are systems and methods for adaptable data modulation. An example memory sub-system comprises a controller managing one or more memory devices. The controller is configured to perform operations, comprising: receiving a unit of data to be written to the memory device; splitting the unit of data into a plurality of segments; modulating each segment of the unit of data by a modulation operation using a modulation mask derived from a corresponding seed value; and generating a modulated unit of data comprising a plurality of modulated segments and a plurality of corresponding seed identifiers, wherein each seed identifier identifies a seed value that has been used for modulating a respective segment of the unit of data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Phong S. Nguyen, Dung Viet Nguyen, James Fitzpatrick, Sivagnanam Parthasarathy
  • Patent number: 12249364
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses and systems related to maintaining stored data are described. The apparatus may be configured to refresh the stored data according to schedule that includes different delays between successive refresh operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Huai-Yuan Tseng, Akira Goda, Kishore Kumar Muchherla, James Fitzpatrick, Tomoharu Tanaka, Eric N. Lee, Dung V. Nguyen, David Ebsen
  • Patent number: 12217803
    Abstract: A memory device to determine a voltage optimized to read a group of memory cells. In response to a command, the memory device reads the group of memory cells at a plurality of test voltages to determine a set of signal and noise characteristics of the group of memory cells. The memory device determines or recognizes a shape of a distribution of the signal and noise characteristics over the plurality of test voltages. Based on the shape, the memory device selects an operation in determining an optimized read voltage of the group of memory cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Abdelhakim S. Alhussien, James Fitzpatrick, Patrick Robert Khayat, Sivagnanam Parthasarathy
  • Publication number: 20250028447
    Abstract: A memory device includes an array of memory cells associated with a plurality of wordlines and control logic operatively coupled with the array of memory cells. The control logic can receive a program command comprising a digital value indicating that a physical address of the program command corresponds to a retired wordline of the plurality of wordlines. The control logic can generate dummy data in response to detecting the digital value within the program command. The memory logic can cause the dummy data to be programmed to memory cells that are selectively coupled to the retired wordline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: Jeremy Binfet, Violante Moschiano, James Fitzpatrick, Kishore Kumar Muccherla, Jeffrey S. McNeil, Phong Sy Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20250013529
    Abstract: A system can include a memory device and a processing device, operatively coupled with the memory device, to perform operations including storing a set of user data and multiple portions of error correction data. The operations can also include, responsive to an expiration of a first threshold amount of time after storing the set of user data, performing, using the third portion of the error correction data, a first error correction operation, on each of the set of user data, the first portion, and the second portion, and rewriting, on the memory device, the set of user data, the first portion, and the second portion. The operations can further include deleting the third portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventors: Dung Viet Nguyen, James Fitzpatrick, Huai-Yuan Tseng
  • Publication number: 20250013382
    Abstract: Exemplary methods, apparatuses, and systems include a quick charge loss (QCL) mitigation manager for controlling writing data bits to a memory device. The QCL mitigation manager receives a first set of data bits for programming to memory. The QCL mitigation manager writes a first subset of data bits of the first set of data bits to a first memory block of the memory during a first pass of programming. The QCL mitigation manager writes a second subset of data bits of the first set of data bits to the first memory block during a second pass of programming in response to determining that the threshold delay is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventors: Kishore Kumar Muchherla, Dung V. Nguyen, Dave Scott Ebsen, Tomoharu Tanaka, James Fitzpatrick, Huai-Yuan Tseng, Akira Goda, Eric N. Lee
  • Publication number: 20250004645
    Abstract: A memory device includes array(s) of memory cells including first memory cells configured as single-level cell memory and second memory cells configured as higher-level cell memory. Page buffer(s) are coupled with the array(s). Logic is coupled with the page buffer(s) and to cause, in response to receipt of a copyback clear command, a page buffer to perform a dual-strobe read operation on the first memory cells, the dual-strobe read operation including a soft strobe at a first threshold voltage and a hard strobe at a second threshold voltage. The logic causes the page buffer to determine a number of one bit values within a threshold voltage range between the first threshold voltage and the second threshold voltage. The logic causes, responsive to the number of one bit values not satisfying a threshold criterion, a copyback be performed of data in the first memory cells to the second memory cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2024
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Inventors: Jeffrey S. McNeil, Sivagnanam Parthasarathy, Kishore Kumar Muchherla, Patrick R. Khayat, Sead Zildzic, Violante Moschiano, James Fitzpatrick
  • Publication number: 20240412795
    Abstract: A memory sub-system to track charge loss in memory cells and shifts of voltages optimized to read the memory cells. For example, a memory device can measure signal and noise characteristics of a group of memory cells to calculate an optimized read voltage of the group of memory cells. The memory sub-system having the memory device can determine an amount of charge loss in the group of memory cells, using at least the signal and noise characteristics, the optimized read voltage, and/or the bit error rate of data read using the optimized read voltage. The memory sub-system tracks changes in optimized read voltages of memory cells in the memory device based on the amount of charge loss.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Inventors: Sivagnanam Parthasarathy, James Fitzpatrick, Patrick Robert Khayat, AbdelHakim S. Alhussien
  • Publication number: 20240412792
    Abstract: A memory system to store multiple bits of data in a memory cell. After receiving the data bits, a memory device coarsely programs a threshold voltage of the memory cell to a first level representative of a combination of bit values according to a mapping between combinations of bit values and threshold levels. The threshold levels are partitioned into a plurality of groups, each containing a subset of the threshold levels. A group identification of a first group, among the plurality of groups, containing the first level is determined for the memory cell. The memory device reads, using the group identification, a subset of the data bits back from the first memory cell, and combines the bits of the group identification and the subset to recover the entire set of data bits to finely program the threshold voltage of the memory cell to represent the data bits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Inventors: Phong Sy Nguyen, James Fitzpatrick, Kishore Kumar Muchherla
  • Publication number: 20240395338
    Abstract: Processing logic in a memory device receives a calibration scan command associated with the memory device. In response to the calibration scan command, execution of a set of read operations at a plurality of read voltage levels on the memory device is caused. In response to the calibration scan command, a set of bit counts is identified, where each bit count of the set of bit counts corresponds to a respective bin of a set of bins associated with the plurality of read voltage levels. Based on the bit count corresponding to each bin of the set of bins, a bin having a lowest bit count is identified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Inventors: Eric N. Lee, Violante Moschiano, Jeffrey S. McNeil, James Fitzpatrick, Sivagnanam Parthasarathy, Kishore Kumar Muchherla, Patrick R. Khayat
  • Publication number: 20240379172
    Abstract: A memory sub-system configured to execute a read command of a first type using a combine process to read soft bit data and hard bit data from memory cells. For example, a memory device is to: measure signal and noise characteristics of memory cells for the read command; calculate, based on the characteristics, an optimized voltage and two adjacent voltages that have offsets of a same amount from the optimized voltage; read the memory cells for hard bit data using the optimized voltage and for soft bit data using the two adjacent voltages; and transmit, to the processing device, a response including the hard bit data. The soft bit data can be selectively transmitted based on a classification determined from the characteristics. When a read command of a second type is executed, soft bit data is not read; and/or the signal and noise characteristics are not measured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: James Fitzpatrick, Sivagnanam Parthasarathy, Patrick Robert Khayat, AbdelHakim S. Alhussien
  • Patent number: 12141437
    Abstract: A memory device comprising an array of memory cells organized into a set of sub-blocks and a set of wordlines. Control logic is operatively coupled with the array of memory cells, the control logic to perform operations including: receiving a program command from a processing device, the program command including information indicative of a physical address associated with a retired wordline of the set of wordlines; in response to detecting the information within the program command, generating dummy data that is one of pseudo-random data, all one values, or all zero values; and causing the dummy data to be programmed to memory cells of multiple sub-blocks of the set of sub-blocks that are selectively connected to the retired wordline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy Binfet, Violante Moschiano, James Fitzpatrick, Kishore Kumar Muccherla, Jeffrey S. McNeil, Phong Sy Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20240370206
    Abstract: Control logic in a memory device receives a request to read data from a memory array of a memory device, the request comprising an indication of a segment of the memory array where the data is stored, and determines whether a write temperature associated with the data is stored in a flag byte corresponding to the segment of the memory array. Responsive to determining that the write temperature associated with the data is stored in the flag byte, the control logic determines a cross-temperature for the data based on the write temperature and a read temperature at a time when the request to read the data is received, determines a program/erase cycle count associated with the segment of the memory array, and determines, based on the cross-temperature and the program/erase cycle count, whether to perform a corrective action to calibrate a read voltage level to be applied to the memory array to read the data from the segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Inventors: Kishore Kumar Muchherla, Violante Moschiano, Akira Goda, Jeffrey S. McNeil, Jung Sheng Hoei, Sivagnanam Parthasarathy, James Fitzpatrick, Patrick R. Khayat
  • Patent number: 12131060
    Abstract: Exemplary methods, apparatuses, and systems include a quick charge loss (QCL) mitigation manager for controlling writing data bits to a memory device. The QCL mitigation manager receives a first set of data bits for programming to memory. The QCL mitigation manager writes a first subset of data bits of the first set of data bits to a first memory block of the memory during a first pass of programming. The QCL mitigation manager writes a second subset of data bits of the first set of data bits to the first memory block during a second pass of programming in response to determining that the threshold delay is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Kishore Kumar Muchherla, Dung V. Nguyen, Dave Scott Ebsen, Tomoharu Tanaka, James Fitzpatrick, Huai-Yuan Tseng, Akira Goda, Eric N. Lee
  • Patent number: D1050748
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Flexibod Limited
    Inventors: Damien Gerard Mason, Elizabeth Evelyn Kenny, Dean Ainsley Carran, Benjamin Christopher May, Conor James Fitzpatrick