Patents by Inventor Jeffrey S. McNeil, Jr.

Jeffrey S. McNeil, Jr. 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: 11797216
    Abstract: A signal associated with performance of a memory operation can be applied to a memory cell of a first group of memory cells that have undergone PECs within a first range. The signal can have a first magnitude corresponding to a second range of PECs. Whether differences between a first target voltage and the signal and between a second target voltage and the applied signal are at least the threshold value can be determined. Responsive to determining that the differences are at least the threshold value, the first group of memory cells can be associated with a first calibration cluster and the signal having a second magnitude corresponding to a third range of PECs can be applied to a memory cell of a second group of memory cells that have undergone respective quantities of PECs within the second range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Vamsi Pavan Rayaprolu, Giuseppina Puzzilli, Karl D. Schuh, Jeffrey S. McNeil, Jr., Kishore K. Muchherla, Ashutosh Malshe, Niccolo' Righetti
  • Patent number: 11789629
    Abstract: A system includes a processing device and trigger circuitry to signal the processing device responsive, at least in part, based on a determination that a trigger event has occurred. The system can further include a memory device communicatively coupled to the processing device. The memory device can include a cyclic buffer partition portion having a first endurance characteristic and a first reliability characteristic associated therewith. The memory device can further include a snapshot partition portion coupled to the cyclic buffer partition portion via hold-up capacitors. The snapshot partition portion can have a second endurance characteristic and a second reliability characteristic associated therewith. The processing device can perform operations including writing received data sequentially to the cyclic buffer partition portion and writing, based at least in part on the determination that the trigger event has occurred, data from the cyclic buffer partition portion to the snapshot partition portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Kishore K. Muchherla, Niccolo' Righetti, Jeffrey S. McNeil, Jr., Akira Goda, Todd A. Marquart, Mark A. Helm, Gil Golov, Jeremy Binfet, Carmine Miccoli, Giuseppina Puzzilli
  • Patent number: 11775208
    Abstract: A system includes a processing device and a memory device communicatively coupled to the processing device. The memory device can include a cyclic buffer partition portion and a snapshot partition portion coupled to the cyclic buffer partition portion via hold-up capacitors. The snapshot partition portion can further include a first sub-partition portion having a first programming characteristic and a second sub-partition portion having a second programming characteristic. The processing device can write received data sequentially to the cycle buffer partition portion and write, based at least in part on a determination that a trigger event has occurred, data from the cyclic buffer partition portion to the first sub-partition portion or the second sub-partition portion, or both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Kishore K. Muchherla, Niccolo′ Righetti, Jeffrey S. McNeil, Jr., Akira Goda, Todd A. Marquart, Mark A. Helm, Gil Golov, Jeremy Binfet, Carmine Miccoli, Giuseppina Puzzilli
  • Patent number: 11776629
    Abstract: A method includes during a first portion of a service life of a memory device, programming at least one memory cell of the memory device to a first threshold voltage corresponding to a desired data state. The method can include during a second portion of the service life of the memory device subsequent to the first portion of the service life of the memory device, programming at least one memory cell of the memory device to a second threshold voltage corresponding to the desired data state. The second threshold voltage can be different than the first threshold voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Niccolo' Righetti, Kishore K. Muchherla, Jeffrey S. McNeil, Jr., Akira Goda, Todd A. Marquart, Mark A. Helm, Gil Golov, Jeremy Binfet, Carmine Miccoli, Giuseppina Puzzilli
  • Patent number: 11694763
    Abstract: A system includes a memory device having a plurality of groups of memory cells and a processing device communicatively coupled to the memory device. The processing device is be configured to read a first group of memory cells of the plurality to determine a calibrated read voltage associated with the group of memory cells. The processing device is further configured to determine, using the calibrated read voltage associated with the first group of memory cells, a bit error rate (BER) of a second group of memory cells of the plurality. Prior to causing the memory device to perform a copyback operation on the plurality of groups of memory cells, the processing device is further configured to determine whether to perform a subsequent read voltage calibration on at least the second group of the plurality based, at least partially, on a comparison between the determined BER and a threshold BER.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Kishore K. Muchherla, Niccolo' Righetti, Jeffrey S. McNeil, Jr., Akira Goda, Todd A. Marquart, Mark A. Helm, Gil Golov, Jeremy Binfet, Carmine Miccoli, Giuseppina Puzzilli
  • Patent number: 11688479
    Abstract: A first group of memory cells of a memory device can be subjected to a particular quantity of program/erase cycles (PECs) in response to a programming operation performed on a second group of memory cells of the memory device. Subsequent to subjecting the first group of memory cells to the particular quantity of PECs, a data retention capability of the first group of memory cells can be assessed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Vamsi Pavan Rayaprolu, Giuseppina Puzzilli, Karl D. Schuh, Jeffrey S. McNeil, Jr., Kishore K. Muchherla, Ashutosh Malshe, Niccolo' Righetti
  • Patent number: 11663104
    Abstract: A method includes writing received data sequentially to a particular location of a cyclic buffer of a memory device according to a first set of threshold voltage distributions. The method further includes performing a touch up operation on the particular location by adjusting the first set of threshold voltage distributions of the data to a second set of threshold voltage distributions in response to a determination that a trigger event has occurred. The second set of threshold voltage distributions can have a larger read window between adjacent threshold voltage distributions of the second set than that of the first set of threshold voltage distributions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey S. McNeil, Jr., Niccolo′ Righetti, Kishore K. Muchherla, Akira Goda, Todd A. Marquart, Mark A. Helm, Gil Golov, Jeremy Binfet, Carmine Miccoli, Giuseppina Puzzilli
  • Publication number: 20230085178
    Abstract: A system includes a memory device including a plurality of groups of memory cells and a processing device that is operatively coupled to the memory device. The processing device is to receive a request to determine a reliability of the plurality of groups of memory cells. The processing device is further to perform, in response to receipt of the request, a scan operation on a sample portion of the plurality of groups of memory cells to determine a reliability of the sample portion that is representative of the reliability of the plurality of groups of memory cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Vamsi Pavan Rayaprolu, Karl D. Schuh, Jeffrey S. McNeil Jr., Kishore K. Muchherla, Ashutosh Malshe, Jiangang Wu
  • Publication number: 20230044883
    Abstract: A memory component comprises a cyclic buffer partition portion and a snapshot partition portion. In response to receiving a signal that a trigger event has occurred, a processing device included in the memory component performs an error correction operation on a portion of data stored in the cyclic buffer partition portion, copies the data stored in the cyclic buffer partition portion to the snapshot partition portion in response to the error correction operation being successful, and sends the data stored in the cyclic buffer partition portion to a processing device operatively coupled to the memory component in response to the error correction operation not being successful.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Kishore K. Muchherla, Niccolo' Righetti, Jeffrey S. McNeil, JR., Akira Goda, Todd A. Marquart, Mark A. Helm, Gil Golov, Jeremy Binfet, Carmine Miccoli, Giuseppina Puzzilli
  • Patent number: 11556267
    Abstract: A method includes performing a copyback operation comprising transferring, using an internal processing device, user data and header data corresponding to the user data from a first block of memory in a memory device to a register in the memory device, decoupling the user data from the header data, performing an error correction code (ECC) operation on updated header data using an external processing device, transferring, via the external processing device, the updated header data to the register, and transferring the user data and the updated header data from the register to a second block of memory in the memory device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Kishore K. Muchherla, Niccolo′ Righetti, Jeffrey S. McNeil, Jr., Akira Goda, Todd A. Marquart, Mark A. Helm, Gil Golov, Jeremy Binfet, Carmine Miccoli, Giuseppina Puzzilli
  • Patent number: 11527294
    Abstract: A system includes a memory device including a plurality of groups of memory cells and a processing device that is operatively coupled to the memory device. The processing device is to receive a request to determine a reliability of the plurality of groups of memory cells. The processing device is further to perform, in response to receipt of the request, a scan operation on a sample portion of the plurality of groups of memory cells to determine a reliability of the sample portion that is representative of the reliability of the plurality of groups of memory cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Vamsi Pavan Rayaprolu, Karl D. Schuh, Jeffrey S. McNeil, Jr., Kishore K. Muchherla, Ashutosh Malshe, Jiangang Wu
  • Publication number: 20220350517
    Abstract: A system includes a processing device and trigger circuitry to signal the processing device responsive, at least in part, based on a determination that a trigger event has occurred. The system can further include a memory device communicatively coupled to the processing device. The memory device can include a cyclic buffer partition portion having a first endurance characteristic and a first reliability characteristic associated therewith. The memory device can further include a snapshot partition portion coupled to the cyclic buffer partition portion via hold-up capacitors. The snapshot partition portion can have a second endurance characteristic and a second reliability characteristic associated therewith. The processing device can perform operations including writing received data sequentially to the cyclic buffer partition portion and writing, based at least in part on the determination that the trigger event has occurred, data from the cyclic buffer partition portion to the snapshot partition portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Kishore K. Muchherla, Niccolo' Righetti, Jeffrey S. McNeil, JR., Akira Goda, Todd A. Marquart, Mark A. Helm, Gil Golov, Jeremy Binfet, Carmine Miccoli, Giuseppina Puzzilli
  • Publication number: 20220350520
    Abstract: A signal associated with performance of a memory operation can be applied to a memory cell of a first group of memory cells that have undergone PECs within a first range. The signal can have a first magnitude corresponding to a second range of PECs. Whether differences between a first target voltage and the signal and between a second target voltage and the applied signal are at least the threshold value can be determined. Responsive to determining that the differences are at least the threshold value, the first group of memory cells can be associated with a first calibration cluster and the signal having a second magnitude corresponding to a third range of PECs can be applied to a memory cell of a second group of memory cells that have undergone respective quantities of PECs within the second range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Vamsi Pavan Rayaprolu, Giuseppina Puzzilli, Karl D. Schuh, Jeffrey S. McNeil, JR., Kishore K. Muchherla, Ashutosh Malshe, Niccolo' Righetti
  • Patent number: 11487436
    Abstract: Instructions can be executed to determine a quantity of logical units that are part of a memory device. The instructions can be executed to operate the logical units with a programming time sufficient to provide a required throughput for storage of time based telemetric sensor data received from a host. The instructions can be executed to operate the logical units with a trim that correspond to the programming time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey S. McNeil, Jr., Niccolo' Righetti, Kishore K. Muchherla, Akira Goda, Todd A. Marquart, Mark A. Helm, Gil Golov, Jeremy Binfet, Carmine Miccoli, Giuseppina Puzzilli
  • Patent number: 11481273
    Abstract: A memory component comprises a cyclic buffer partition portion and a snapshot partition portion. In response to receiving a signal that a trigger event has occurred, a processing device included in the memory component performs an error correction operation on a portion of data stored in the cyclic buffer partition portion, copies the data stored in the cyclic buffer partition portion to the snapshot partition portion in response to the error correction operation being successful, and sends the data stored in the cyclic buffer partition portion to a processing device operatively coupled to the memory component in response to the error correction operation not being successful.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Kishore K. Muchherla, Niccolo′ Righetti, Jeffrey S. McNeil, Jr., Akira Goda, Todd A. Marquart, Mark A. Helm, Gil Golov, Jeremy Binfet, Carmine Miccoli, Giuseppina Puzzilli
  • Publication number: 20220291865
    Abstract: A system includes a processing device and a memory device communicatively coupled to the processing device. The memory device can include a cyclic buffer partition portion and a snapshot partition portion coupled to the cyclic buffer partition portion via hold-up capacitors. The snapshot partition portion can further include a first sub-partition portion having a first programming characteristic and a second sub-partition portion having a second programming characteristic. The processing device can write received data sequentially to the cycle buffer partition portion and write, based at least in part on a determination that a trigger event has occurred, data from the cyclic buffer partition portion to the first sub-partition portion or the second sub-partition portion, or both.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Kishore K. Muchherla, Niccolo' Righetti, Jeffrey S. McNeil, JR., Akira Goda, Todd A. Marquart, Mark A. Helm, Gil Golov, Jeremy Binfet, Carmine Miccoli, Giuseppina Puzzilli
  • Patent number: 11437111
    Abstract: Instructions can be executed to adjust a trim at first intervals until a quantity of program/erase cycles (PEC) have occurred. The trim defines a valley width between data states. Instructions can be executed to adjust the trim at second intervals, greater than the first intervals, after the quantity of PEC have occurred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey S. McNeil, Jr., Karl D. Schuh, Vamsi Pavan Rayaprolu, Giuseppina Puzzilli, Kishore K. Muchherla, Gil Golov, Todd A. Marquart, Jiangang Wu, Niccolo' Righetti, Ashutosh Malshe
  • Patent number: 11430528
    Abstract: A change in a read window of a group of memory cells of a memory device that has undergone a plurality of program/erase cycles (PECs) can be determined. read voltage can be determined based at least in part on the determined change in the read window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Vamsi Pavan Rayaprolu, Giuseppina Puzzilli, Karl D. Schuh, Jeffrey S. McNeil, Jr., Kishore K. Muchherla, Ashutosh Malshe, Niccolo′ Righetti
  • Patent number: 11392312
    Abstract: A signal associated with performance of a memory operation can be applied to a memory cell of a first group of memory cells that have undergone PECs within a first range. The signal can have a first magnitude corresponding to a second range of PECs. Whether differences between a first target voltage and the signal and between a second target voltage and the applied signal are at least the threshold value can be determined. Responsive to determining that the differences are at least the threshold value, the first group of memory cells can be associated with a first calibration cluster and the signal having a second magnitude corresponding to a third range of PECs can be applied to a memory cell of a second group of memory cells that have undergone respective quantities of PECs within the second range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Vamsi Pavan Rayaprolu, Giuseppina Puzzilli, Karl D. Schuh, Jeffrey S. McNeil, Jr., Kishore K. Muchherla, Ashutosh Malshe, Niccolo′ Righetti
  • Patent number: 11385819
    Abstract: A system includes a processing device and trigger circuitry to signal the processing device responsive, at least in part, based on a determination that a trigger event has occurred. The system can further include a memory device communicatively coupled to the processing device. The memory device can include a cyclic buffer partition portion having a first endurance characteristic and a first reliability characteristic associated therewith. The memory device can further include a snapshot partition portion coupled to the cyclic buffer partition portion via hold-up capacitors. The snapshot partition portion can have a second endurance characteristic and a second reliability characteristic associated therewith. The processing device can perform operations including writing received data sequentially to the cyclic buffer partition portion and writing, based at least in part on the determination that the trigger event has occurred, data from the cyclic buffer partition portion to the snapshot partition portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Kishore K. Muchherla, Niccolo' Righetti, Jeffrey S. McNeil, Jr., Akira Goda, Todd A. Marquart, Mark A. Helm, Gil Golov, Jeremy Binfet, Carmine Miccoli, Giuseppina Puzzilli