Patents by Inventor Luca De Santis

Luca De Santis 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: 11955204
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for performing concurrent memory access operations for different memory planes are disclosed herein. An example apparatus may include a memory array having a plurality of memory planes. Each of the plurality of memory planes comprises a plurality of memory cells. The apparatus may further include a controller configured to receive a group of memory command and address pairs. Each memory command and address pair of the group of memory command and address pairs may be associated with a respective memory plane of the plurality of memory planes. The internal controller may be configured to concurrently perform memory access operations associated with each memory command and address pair of the group of memory command and address pairs regardless of page types associated with the pairs of the group (e.g., even if two or more of the memory command and address pairs may be associated with different page types).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Theodore T. Pekny, Jae-Kwan Park, Violante Moschiano, Michele Incarnati, Luca de Santis
  • Patent number: 11875859
    Abstract: A memory device might include control circuitry configured to cause the memory device to compare input data to data stored in memory cells connected to a data line, cause a first level of current to flow from the data line in response to a mismatch between one digit of the input data and data stored in a respective pair of memory cells, cause a second level of current to flow from the data line in response to a mismatch between a different digit of the input data and the data stored in a respective pair of memory cells, compare a representation of a level of current in the data line to a reference, and deem the input data to potentially match or not match the data stored in the plurality of memory cells in response to the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth J. Eldredge, Frankie F. Roohparvar, Luca De Santis, Tommaso Vali
  • Patent number: 11842078
    Abstract: A memory device includes a memory array configured with a plurality of memory planes, and control logic, operatively coupled with the memory array. The control logic performs a plurality of asynchronous memory access operations on the plurality of memory planes, detects an occurrence of an asynchronous interrupt event, and initiates a termination procedure for each of the plurality of asynchronous memory access operations to permit each of the plurality of asynchronous memory access operations to end at different times. In response to a first memory access operation of the plurality of asynchronous memory access operations ending, the control logic asserts a command result signal, wherein the command result signal is de-asserted automatically in response to receipt of a subsequent memory access command directed to any of the plurality of memory planes, and asserts a persistent event register signal, wherein the command result signal is de-asserted in response to receipt of a clear event register command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrea Giovanni Xotta, Guido Luciano Rizzo, Umberto Siciliani, Tommaso Vali, Luca De Santis, Walter Di Francesco
  • Patent number: 11775185
    Abstract: A memory device includes a plurality of memory dies, each memory die of the plurality of memory dies comprising a memory array and control logic. The control logic comprises a plurality of processing threads to execute memory access operations on the memory array concurrently, a thread selection component to identify one or more processing threads of the plurality of processing threads for a power management cycle of the associated memory die and a power management component to determine an amount of power associated with the one or more processing threads and request the amount of power during the power management cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Luca Nubile, Ali Mohammadzadeh, Biagio Iorio, Walter Di Francesco, Yuanhang Cao, Luca De Santis, Fumin Gu
  • Patent number: 11682458
    Abstract: Memory devices might include a plurality of memory cell pairs each configured to be programmed to store a digit of data; and control circuitry configured to cause the memory device to compare the stored digit of data of each memory cell pair to a received digit of data, determine whether a match condition or a no-match condition is indicated between the stored digit of data of each memory cell pair and the received digit of data, and deem a match condition to be met between the received digit of data and the stored digits of data of the plurality of memory cell pairs in response to a match condition being determined for a majority of memory cell pairs of the plurality of memory cell pairs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Luca De Santis, Tommaso Vali, Kenneth J. Eldredge, Vishal Sarin
  • Patent number: 11681467
    Abstract: A processing device in a memory sub-system assigns each of a plurality of memory units associated with one or more memory die of a memory device a unique address by which each of the plurality of memory units is identified. The processing device further sends a multi-unit status command to the memory device, the multi-unit status command specifying a subset of the plurality of memory units using corresponding unique addresses and receives a response to the multi-unit status command, the response comprising a multi-bit value comprising a plurality of bits, wherein each bit of the plurality of bits represents a status of one or more parameters of a plurality of parameters for a corresponding one of the plurality of memory units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Luca Nubile, Luca De Santis
  • Patent number: 11640397
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods for acceleration of data queries in memory. A number of embodiments include an array of memory cells, and processing circuitry configured to receive, from a host, a query for particular data stored in the array, execute the query, and send only the particular data to the host upon executing the query.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Luca De Santis
  • Publication number: 20230105956
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for performing concurrent memory access operations for different memory planes are disclosed herein. An example apparatus may include a memory array having a plurality of memory planes. Each of the plurality of memory planes comprises a plurality of memory cells. The apparatus may further include a controller configured to receive a group of memory command and address pairs. Each memory command and address pair of the group of memory command and address pairs may be associated with a respective memory plane of the plurality of memory planes. The internal controller may be configured to concurrently perform memory access operations associated with each memory command and address pair of the group of memory command and address pairs regardless of page types associated with the pairs of the group (e.g., even if two or more of the memory command and address pairs may be associated with different page types).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Theodore T. Pekny, Jae-Kwan Park, Violante Moschiano, Michele Incarnati, Luca de Santis
  • Patent number: 11610637
    Abstract: Apparatus including an array of memory cells, and a controller configured to cause the apparatus to determine a first value indicative of a number of memory cells of a plurality of memory cells that are activated in response to a control gate voltage having a particular voltage level, compare the first value to a plurality of second values, and determine an expected data age of the plurality of memory cells or a plurality of read voltages in response to the comparison of the first value to the plurality of second values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Luca De Santis
  • Patent number: 11568940
    Abstract: Memory having a controller configured to cause the memory to determine a respective raw data value of a plurality of possible raw data values for each memory cell of a plurality of memory cells, count occurrences of each raw data value for a first set of memory cells of the plurality of memory cells, store a cumulative number of occurrences for each raw data value, determine a plurality of valleys of the stored cumulative number of occurrences for each raw data value with each valley corresponding to a respective raw data value of the plurality of possible raw data values, and, for each memory cell of a second set of memory cells of the plurality of memory cells, determine a data value for that memory cell in response to the raw data value for that memory cell and the respective raw data values of the plurality of valleys.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Tommaso Vali, Luca De Santis, Ramin Ghodsi
  • Patent number: 11551758
    Abstract: Memories might include control logic configured to cause the memory to perform a first sense operation having an initial phase and a plurality of sensing phases on a first grouping of memory cells, pause the first sense operation upon completion of a present sensing phase in response to receiving a command to perform a second sense operation on a second grouping of memory cells while performing the present sensing phase, perform an initial phase of the second sense operation after pausing the first sense operation, and, in response to completion of the initial phase of the second sense operation, resume the first sense operation at a next subsequent sensing phase of the plurality of sensing phases and continue to a sensing phase of the second sense operation to perform the next subsequent sensing phase of the first sense operation and the sensing phase of the second sense operation concurrently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Luca De Santis
  • Publication number: 20220405013
    Abstract: A memory device includes a memory array configured with a plurality of memory planes, and control logic, operatively coupled with the memory array. The control logic performs a plurality of asynchronous memory access operations on the plurality of memory planes, detects an occurrence of an asynchronous interrupt event, and initiates a termination procedure for each of the plurality of asynchronous memory access operations to permit each of the plurality of asynchronous memory access operations to end at different times. In response to a first memory access operation of the plurality of asynchronous memory access operations ending, the control logic asserts a command result signal, wherein the command result signal is de-asserted automatically in response to receipt of a subsequent memory access command directed to any of the plurality of memory planes, and asserts a persistent event register signal, wherein the command result signal is de-asserted in response to receipt of a clear event register command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Andrea Giovanni Xotta, Guido Luciano Rizzo, Umberto Siciliani, Tommaso Vali, Luca De Santis, Walter Di Francesco
  • Patent number: 11462250
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for performing concurrent memory access operations for different memory planes are disclosed herein. An example apparatus may include a memory array having a plurality of memory planes. Each of the plurality of memory planes comprises a plurality of memory cells. The apparatus may further include a controller configured to receive a group of memory command and address pairs. Each memory command and address pair of the group of memory command and address pairs may be associated with a respective memory plane of the plurality of memory planes. The internal controller may be configured to concurrently perform memory access operations associated with each memory command and address pair of the group of memory command and address pairs regardless of page types associated with the pairs of the group (e.g., even if two or more of the memory command and address pairs may be associated with different page types).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Theodore T. Pekny, Jae-Kwan Park, Violante Moschiano, Michele Incarnati, Luca de Santis
  • Patent number: 11437103
    Abstract: A method can include applying a first voltage to a first memory cell to activate the first memory cell, applying a second voltage to a second memory cell coupled in series with the first memory cell to activate the second memory cell so that current flows through the first and second memory cells, and generating an output responsive to the current. The first voltage and a threshold voltage of the second memory cell can be such that the current is proportional to a product of the first voltage and the threshold voltage of the second memory cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Umberto Minucci, Tommaso Vali, Fernanda Irrera, Luca De Santis
  • Patent number: 11416154
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to partially written block treatment. An example method comprises maintaining, internal to a memory device, a status of a last written page corresponding to a partially written block. Responsive to receiving, from a controller, a read request to a page of the partially written block, the example method can include determining, from page map information maintained internal to the memory device and from the status of the last written page, which of a number of different read trim sets to use to read the page of the partially written block corresponding to the read request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Sivagnanam Parthasarathy, Terry M. Grunzke, Lucia Botticchio, Walter Di Francesco, Vamshi K. Indavarapu, Gianfranco Valeri, Renato C. Padilla, Ali Mohammadzadeh, Jung Sheng Hoei, Luca De Santis
  • Publication number: 20220122665
    Abstract: Memory devices might include a plurality of memory cell pairs each configured to be programmed to store a digit of data; and control circuitry configured to cause the memory device to compare the stored digit of data of each memory cell pair to a received digit of data, determine whether a match condition or a no-match condition is indicated between the stored digit of data of each memory cell pair and the received digit of data, and deem a match condition to be met between the received digit of data and the stored digits of data of the plurality of memory cell pairs in response to a match condition being determined for a majority of memory cell pairs of the plurality of memory cell pairs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Luca De Santis, Tommaso Vali, Kenneth J. Eldredge, Vishal Sarin
  • Publication number: 20220100760
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods for acceleration of data queries in memory. A number of embodiments include an array of memory cells, and processing circuitry configured to receive, from a host, a query for particular data stored in the array, execute the query, and send only the particular data to the host upon executing the query.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventor: Luca De Santis
  • Publication number: 20220083241
    Abstract: A memory device includes a plurality of memory dies, each memory die of the plurality of memory dies comprising a memory array and control logic. The control logic comprises a plurality of processing threads to execute memory access operations on the memory array concurrently, a thread selection component to identify one or more processing threads of the plurality of processing threads for a power management cycle of the associated memory die and a power management component to determine an amount of power associated with the one or more processing threads and request the amount of power during the power management cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Luca Nubile, Ali Mohammadzadeh, Biagio Iorio, Walter Di Francesco, Yuanhang Cao, Luca De Santis, Fumin Gu
  • Publication number: 20220011970
    Abstract: A processing device in a memory sub-system assigns each of a plurality of memory units associated with one or more memory die of a memory device a unique address by which each of the plurality of memory units is identified. The processing device further sends a multi-unit status command to the memory device, the multi-unit status command specifying a subset of the plurality of memory units using corresponding unique addresses and receives a response to the multi-unit status command, the response comprising a multi-bit value comprising a plurality of bits, wherein each bit of the plurality of bits represents a status of one or more parameters of a plurality of parameters for a corresponding one of the plurality of memory units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Luca Nubile, Luca De Santis
  • Patent number: 11205481
    Abstract: Memory devices might include control circuitry that, when checking for a match of a stored digit of data and a received digit of data, might be configured to cause the memory device to apply a first voltage level to a control gate of a first memory cell of a memory cell pair, apply a second voltage level different than the first voltage level to a control gate of a second memory cell of that memory cell pair, determine whether that memory cell pair is deemed to be activated or deactivated in response to applying the first and second voltage levels, and deem a match between the stored digit of data and a received digit of data in response, in part, to whether that memory cell pair is deemed to be deactivated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Luca De Santis, Tommaso Vali, Kenneth J. Eldredge, Vishal Sarin