Patents by Inventor Matthew Alan Prather

Matthew Alan Prather 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: 20230395175
    Abstract: Devices and methods include transmitting loopback signals for monitoring operation of a memory device. In some embodiments, a memory device may receive a system clock signal from a host device and may generate an internal clock signal based at least in part on the system clock signal. In some embodiments, the memory device may generate a loopback signal based at least in part on the internal clock signal and may transmit the loopback signal via a loopback datapath associated with the memory device. A host device may compare the internal clock signal and the system clock signal to determine a fidelity of the internal clock signal. Termination values of the memory device may be adjusted based on the determined fidelity of the internal clock signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Matthew Alan Prather, Won Ho Choi
  • Patent number: 11803501
    Abstract: The systems and methods described herein relate to a bi-directional data path (DQ) symbol map generated based on error correction operations. A device may include sub-wordline drivers and bi-directional data paths (DQs) that couple between the sub-wordline drivers and input/output (I/O) interface circuitry based on assignments indicated by the DQ symbol map. The assignments may be generated based on error correction operations performed on data of the memory bank. In particular, the DQ symbol map may be generated to avoid some conditions that, if occurring, may render one or more data errors uncorrectable. These systems and methods may reduce a likelihood of a data error associated with a DQ being uncorrectable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott E. Smith, Randy Brian Drake, Brian Ladner, Thanh Kim Mai, Sujeet Ayyapureddi, Matthew Alan Prather
  • Publication number: 20230121163
    Abstract: The systems and methods described herein relate to a bi-directional data path (DQ) symbol map generated based on error correction operations. A device may include sub-wordline drivers and bi-directional data paths (DQs) that couple between the sub-wordline drivers and input/output (I/O) interface circuitry based on assignments indicated by the DQ symbol map. The assignments may be generated based on error correction operations performed on data of the memory bank. In particular, the DQ symbol map may be generated to avoid some conditions that, if occurring, may render one or more data errors uncorrectable. These systems and methods may reduce a likelihood of a data error associated with a DQ being uncorrectable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Scott E. Smith, Randy Brian Drake, Brian Ladner, Thanh Kim Mai, Sujeet Ayyapureddi, Matthew Alan Prather
  • Patent number: 10825545
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present disclosure describes a loopback network including a loopback datapath and a plurality of memory devices. The plurality of memory devices may include a first memory device coupled to a first trunk connector of the first loopback datapath via a first branch connector. The plurality of memory devices may also include a second memory device coupled to the first trunk connector of the first loopback datapath via a second branch connector. When data communicated with the first memory device is targeted by loopback parameters, the first memory device may output a first loopback data signal generated based at least in part on the first data to the first loopback datapath, and the second memory device may block output from the second memory device to the first loopback datapath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Hui Fu, Aaron Preston Boehm, Matthew Alan Prather, George Edward Pax
  • Publication number: 20180294044
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present disclosure describes a loopback network including a loopback datapath and a plurality of memory devices. The plurality of memory devices may include a first memory device coupled to a first trunk connector of the first loopback datapath via a first branch connector. The plurality of memory devices may also include a second memory device coupled to the first trunk connector of the first loopback datapath via a second branch connector. When data communicated with the first memory device is targeted by loopback parameters, the first memory device may output a first loopback data signal generated based at least in part on the first data to the first loopback datapath, and the second memory device may block output from the second memory device to the first loopback datapath.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventors: Hui Fu, Aaron Preston Boehm, Matthew Alan Prather, George Edward Pax