Patents by Inventor Joe M. Jeddeloh

Joe M. Jeddeloh 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: 8176371
    Abstract: Electronic apparatus, systems, and methods of operating and constructing the electronic apparatus and/or systems include an embedded processor disposed in a logic chip to direct, among other functions, self-testing of an electronic device structure in conjunction with a pattern buffer disposed in the logic chip, when the electronic device structure is coupled to the logic chip. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Joe M. Jeddeloh
  • Patent number: 8174859
    Abstract: Apparatus and systems may include a substrate and a first memory device coupled to the substrate using a through wafer interconnect (TWI). An example may include an interface chip having a via to accommodate connection of the memory device to the substrate. Other apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Joe M. Jeddeloh
  • Patent number: 8127185
    Abstract: Memory devices and methods are described that include a stack of memory dies and a logic die. Method and devices described include those that provide for repartitioning the stack of memory dies and storing the new partitions in a memory map. Repartitioning in selected configurations allows portions of memory to be removed from use without affecting the rest of the memory device. Additional devices, systems, and methods are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Joe M. Jeddeloh
  • Publication number: 20120023376
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein, including those that operate to monitor a first set of operational parameters associated with a memory vault, to adjust a second set of operational parameters associated with the memory vault, and to perform alerting and reporting operations to a host device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Inventor: Joe M. Jeddeloh
  • Publication number: 20110267865
    Abstract: Memory devices and methods are described, such as those that include a stack of memory dies and an attached logic die. Method and devices described provide for configuring bandwidth for selected portions of a stack of memory dies. Additional devices, systems, and methods are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Inventor: Joe M. Jeddeloh
  • Publication number: 20110264858
    Abstract: Systems and methods disclosed herein substantially concurrently transfer a plurality of streams of commands, addresses, and/or data across a corresponding plurality of serialized communication link interfaces (SCLIs) between one or more originating devices or destination devices such as a processor and a switch. At the switch, one or more commands, addresses, or data corresponding to each stream can be transferred to a corresponding destination memory vault controller (MVC) associated with a corresponding memory vault. The destination MVC can perform write operations, read operations, and/or memory vault housekeeping operations independently from concurrent operations associated with other MVCs coupled to a corresponding plurality of memory vaults.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Inventors: Joe M. Jeddeloh, Paul A. LaBerge
  • Patent number: 8032804
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein, including those that operate to monitor a first set of operational parameters associated with a memory vault, to adjust a second set of operational parameters associated with the memory vault, and to perform alerting and reporting operations to a host device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Joe M. Jeddeloh
  • Patent number: 8018752
    Abstract: Memory devices and methods are described, such as those that include a stack of memory dies and an attached logic die. Method and devices described provide for configuring bandwidth for selected portions of a stack of memory dies. Additional devices, systems, and methods are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Joe M. Jeddeloh
  • Publication number: 20110194369
    Abstract: Memory devices and methods are described such as those that monitor and adjust characteristics for various different portions of a given memory device. Examples of different portions include tiles, or arrays, or dies. One memory device and method described includes monitoring and adjusting characteristics of different portions of a 3D stack of memory dies. One characteristic that can be adjusted at multiple selected portions includes refresh rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Inventor: Joe M. Jeddeloh
  • Publication number: 20110185240
    Abstract: Electronic apparatus, systems, and methods of operating and constructing the electronic apparatus and/or systems include an embedded processor disposed in a logic chip to direct, among other functions, self-testing of an electronic device structure in conjunction with a pattern buffer disposed in the logic chip, when the electronic device structure is coupled to the logic chip. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2011
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Inventor: Joe M. Jeddeloh
  • Patent number: 7978721
    Abstract: Systems and methods disclosed herein substantially concurrently transfer a plurality of streams of commands, addresses, and/or data across a corresponding plurality of serialized communication link interfaces (SCLIs) between one or more originating devices or destination devices such as a processor and a switch. At the switch, one or more commands, addresses, or data corresponding to each stream can be transferred to a corresponding destination memory vault controller (MVC) associated with a corresponding memory vault. The destination MVC can perform write operations, read operations, and/or memory vault housekeeping operations independently from concurrent operations associated with other MVCs coupled to a corresponding plurality of memory vaults.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Micron Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Joe M. Jeddeloh, Paul A. LaBerge
  • Publication number: 20110167319
    Abstract: Electronic apparatus, systems, and methods to construct and operate the electronic apparatus and/or systems include a stack of memory dies with user data and/or first level error correction data stored in a stripe across the memory dies. One such stack can include a second level error correction vault, such as a parity vault, to store parity data corresponding to the user data and/or first level error correction data. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2010
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Inventor: Joe M. Jeddeloh
  • Patent number: 7929368
    Abstract: Memory devices and methods are described such as those that monitor and adjust characteristics for various different portions of a given memory device. Examples of different portions include tiles, or arrays, or dies. One memory device and method described includes monitoring and adjusting characteristics of different portions of a 3D stack of memory dies. One characteristic that can be adjusted at multiple selected portions includes refresh rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Joe M. Jeddeloh
  • Patent number: 7925949
    Abstract: Electronic apparatus, systems, and methods of operating and constructing the electronic apparatus and/or systems include an embedded processor disposed in a logic chip to direct, among other functions, self-testing of an electronic device structure in conjunction with a pattern buffer disposed in the logic chip, when the electronic device structure is coupled to the logic chip. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Joe M. Jeddeloh
  • Publication number: 20110060888
    Abstract: Various embodiments include apparatus, systems, and methods having multiple dice arranged in a stack in which a defective cell may be replaced by a spare cell on the same die or a different die. Other embodiments are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2010
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Inventors: Brent Keeth, Chris G. Martin, Troy A. Manning, Joe M. Jeddeloh, Timothy B. Cowles, Jim Rehmeyer, Paul A. LaBerge
  • Publication number: 20110004722
    Abstract: Methods, controllers, and systems for managing data transfer, such as those in solid state drives (SSDs), are described. In some embodiments, the data transfer between a host and a memory is monitored and then assessed to provide an assessment result. A number of storage units of the memory allocated to service another data transfer is adjusted based on the assessment result. Additional methods and systems are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2009
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Inventor: Joe M. Jeddeloh
  • Patent number: 7835207
    Abstract: Various embodiments include apparatus, systems, and methods having multiple dice arranged in a stack in which a defective cell may be replaced by a spare cell on the same die or a different die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Brent Keeth, Chris G. Martin, Troy A. Manning, Joe M. Jeddeloh, Timothy B. Cowles, Jim Rehmeyer, Paul A. LaBerge
  • Publication number: 20100238693
    Abstract: Memory devices and methods are described, such as those that include a stack of memory dies and an attached logic die. Method and devices described provide for configuring bandwidth for selected portions of a stack of memory dies. Additional devices, systems, and methods are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2009
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventor: Joe M. Jeddeloh
  • Publication number: 20100211745
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein, including those that operate to prefetch a programmable number of data words from a selected memory vault in a stacked-die memory system when a pipeline associated with the selected memory vault is empty.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2009
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Inventor: Joe M. Jeddeloh
  • Publication number: 20100195421
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein, such as those that operate to control a set of delays associated with one or more data clocks to clock a set of data bits into one or more transmit registers, one or more data strobes to transfer the set of data bits to at least one receive register, and/or a set of memory array timing signals to access a memory array on a die associated with a stacked-die memory vault. Systems and methods herein also include those that perform data eye training operations and/or memory array timing training operations associated with the stacked-die memory vault.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2009
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Inventor: Joe M. Jeddeloh