Patents by Inventor Kalyan Chakravarthy Kavalipurapu

Kalyan Chakravarthy Kavalipurapu 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: 20240070059
    Abstract: A memory device includes a first array of Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) cells, a second array of logic NVM cells, and a controller. The second array of logic NVM cells stores instructions for accessing the first array of NVM cells. The controller is configured to execute the instructions stored in the second array of logic NVM cells to perform access operations in the first array of NVM cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Vikas Rana, Kalyan Chakravarthy Kavalipurapu
  • Publication number: 20230360709
    Abstract: A processing device in a memory system connects a first data block of the memory device to a second data block of the memory device to generate a combined data block comprising a first plurality of sub-blocks of the first data block and a second plurality of sub-blocks of the second data block, wherein the connecting includes: for each wordline of a first plurality of wordlines of the first data block, creating a wordline connection short between the respective wordline of the first data block and a corresponding wordline of a second plurality of wordlines of the second data block, wherein the first plurality of wordlines and the second plurality of wordlines comprise data wordlines; and driving a first data wordline of the first data block and a second wordline of the second data block using a single string driver of the memory device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Kalyan Chakravarthy Kavalipurapu, Tomoko Ogura Iwasaki, Erwin E. Yu, Hong-Yan Chen, Yunfei Xu
  • Patent number: 11791003
    Abstract: A memory device includes a memory array of memory cells and control logic, operatively coupled with the memory array. The control logic is to perform operations, which include causing the memory cells to be programmed with an initial voltage distribution representing multiple logical states; causing the memory cells to be programmed with a subsequent voltage distribution representing a subset of the multiple logical states at a higher voltage than that of the initial voltage distribution, wherein the subset of the multiple logical states is compacted above a program verify voltage level for the subsequent voltage distribution; and causing a first program verify operation of the subsequent voltage distribution to be performed on the memory cells to verify one or more voltage levels of the subsequent voltage distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Kalyan Chakravarthy Kavalipurapu, George Matamis, Yingda Dong, Chang H. Siau
  • Publication number: 20230325085
    Abstract: Memory might include an array of memory cells and a data line selectively connected to a plurality of memory cells of the array of memory cells. The data line might include a first data line segment corresponding to a first subset of memory cells of the plurality of memory cells and a second data line segment corresponding to a second subset of memory cells of the plurality of memory cells. The second data line segment is selectively connected to the first data line segment. A first page buffer might be selectively connected to the first data line segment, and a second page buffer might be selectively connected to the second data line segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Vikas Rana, Kalyan Chakravarthy Kavalipurapu
  • Patent number: 11749353
    Abstract: A processing device in a memory system receives an erase request to erase data stored at a data block of a memory device, the erase request identifying a selected sub-block of a plurality of sub-blocks of the data block for erase, each of the plurality of sub-blocks comprising select gate devices (SGDs) and data storage devices. For each sub-block of the plurality of sub-blocks not selected for erase, the processing device applies an input voltage at a bitline of the respective sub-block and applies a plurality of gate voltages to a plurality of wordlines of the respective sub-block, the plurality of wordlines are coupled to the SGDs and to the data storage devices, each voltage of the plurality of voltages applied to a successive wordline of the plurality of wordlines is less than a previous voltage applied to a previous wordline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Kalyan Chakravarthy Kavalipurapu, Tomoko Ogura Iwasaki, Erwin E. Yu, Hong-Yan Chen, Yunfei Xu
  • Publication number: 20230022858
    Abstract: A memory device includes a memory array of memory cells and control logic, operatively coupled with the memory array. The control logic is to perform operations, which include causing the memory cells to be programmed with an initial voltage distribution representing multiple logical states; causing the memory cells to be programmed with a subsequent voltage distribution representing a subset of the multiple logical states at a higher voltage than that of the initial voltage distribution, wherein the subset of the multiple logical states is compacted above a program verify voltage level for the subsequent voltage distribution; and causing a first program verify operation of the subsequent voltage distribution to be performed on the memory cells to verify one or more voltage levels of the subsequent voltage distribution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Kalyan Chakravarthy Kavalipurapu, George Matamis, Yingda Dong, Chang H. Siau
  • Patent number: 11488677
    Abstract: A memory device includes a memory array of memory cells and control logic, operatively coupled with the memory array. The control logic is to perform operations, which include causing the memory cells to be programmed with an initial voltage distribution representing multiple logical states; causing the memory cells to be programmed with a subsequent voltage distribution representing a subset of the multiple logical states at a higher voltage than that of the initial voltage distribution, wherein the subset of the multiple logical states is compacted above a program verify voltage level for the subsequent voltage distribution; and causing a first program verify operation of the subsequent voltage distribution to be performed on the memory cells to verify one or more voltage levels of the subsequent voltage distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Kalyan Chakravarthy Kavalipurapu, George Matamis, Yingda Dong, Chang H. Siau
  • Publication number: 20220277795
    Abstract: A processing device in a memory system receives an erase request to erase data stored at a data block of a memory device, the erase request identifying a selected sub-block of a plurality of sub-blocks of the data block for erase, each of the plurality of sub-blocks comprising select gate devices (SGDs) and data storage devices. For each sub-block of the plurality of sub-blocks not selected for erase, the processing device applies an input voltage at a bitline of the respective sub-block and applies a plurality of gate voltages to a plurality of wordlines of the respective sub-block, the plurality of wordlines are coupled to the SGDs and to the data storage devices, each voltage of the plurality of voltages applied to a successive wordline of the plurality of wordlines is less than a previous voltage applied to a previous wordline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Kalyan Chakravarthy Kavalipurapu, Tomoko Ogura Iwasaki, Erwin E. Yu, Hong-Yan Chen, Yunfei Xu
  • Publication number: 20220189570
    Abstract: A memory device includes a memory array of memory cells and control logic, operatively coupled with the memory array. The control logic is to perform operations, which include causing the memory cells to be programmed with an initial voltage distribution representing multiple logical states; causing the memory cells to be programmed with a subsequent voltage distribution representing a subset of the multiple logical states at a higher voltage than that of the initial voltage distribution, wherein the subset of the multiple logical states is compacted above a program verify voltage level for the subsequent voltage distribution; and causing a first program verify operation of the subsequent voltage distribution to be performed on the memory cells to verify one or more voltage levels of the subsequent voltage distribution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Kalyan Chakravarthy Kavalipurapu, George Matamis, Yingda Dong, Chang H. Siau
  • Patent number: 11335412
    Abstract: A processing device in a memory system receives an erase request to erase data stored at a data block of a memory device, the erase request identifying a selected sub-block of a plurality of sub-blocks of the data block for erase, each of the plurality of sub-blocks comprising select gate devices (SGDs) and data storage devices. For each sub-block of the plurality of sub-blocks not selected for erase, the processing device applies an input voltage at a bitline of the respective sub-block and applies a plurality of gate voltages to a plurality of wordlines of the respective sub-block, the plurality of wordlines are coupled to the SGDs and to the data storage devices, each voltage of the plurality of voltages applied to a successive wordline of the plurality of wordlines is less than a previous voltage applied to a previous wordline by an amount equal to a step down interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Kalyan Chakravarthy Kavalipurapu, Tomoko Ogura Iwasaki, Erwin E. Yu, Hong-Yan Chen, Yunfei Xu
  • Publication number: 20210202009
    Abstract: A processing device in a memory system receives an erase request to erase data stored at a data block of a memory device, the erase request identifying a selected sub-block of a plurality of sub-blocks of the data block for erase, each of the plurality of sub-blocks comprising select gate devices (SGDs) and data storage devices. For each sub-block of the plurality of sub-blocks not selected for erase, the processing device applies an input voltage at a bitline of the respective sub-block and applies a plurality of gate voltages to a plurality of wordlines of the respective sub-block, the plurality of wordlines are coupled to the SGDs and to the data storage devices, each voltage of the plurality of voltages applied to a successive wordline of the plurality of wordlines is less than a previous voltage applied to a previous wordline by an amount equal to a step down interval.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Kalyan Chakravarthy Kavalipurapu, Tomoko Ogura Iwasaki, Erwin E. Yu, Hong-Yan Chen, Yunfei Xu