Patents by Inventor Perry V. Lea

Perry V. Lea 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: 20180364908
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods for simultaneous in data path compute operations. An apparatus can include a memory device having an array of memory cells and sensing circuitry selectably coupled to the array. A plurality of shared I/O lines can be configured to move data from the array of memory cells to a first portion of logic stripes and a second portion of logic stripes for in data path compute operations associated with the array. The first portion of logic stripes can perform a first number of operations on a first portion of data moved from the array of memory cells to the first portion of logic stripes while the second portion of logic stripes perform a second number of operations on a second portion of data moved from the array of memory cells to the second portion of logic stripes during a first time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Perry V. Lea, Glen E. Hush
  • Patent number: 10152374
    Abstract: Examples of the present disclosure provide apparatuses and methods for error code calculation. The apparatus can include an array of memory cells that are coupled to sense lines. The apparatus can include a controller configured to control a sensing circuitry, that is coupled to the sense lines, to perform a number of operations without transferring data via an input/output (I/O) lines. The sensing circuitry can be controlled to calculate an error code for data stored in the array of memory cells and compare the error code with an initial error code for the data to determine whether the data has been modified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Perry V. Lea, Timothy P. Finkbeiner
  • Publication number: 20180350413
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods for bank to bank data transfer. An example apparatus includes a plurality of banks of memory cells, an internal bus configured to transfer data between the plurality of banks and an external bus interface, and a bank-to-bank transfer bus configured to transfer data between the plurality of banks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Perry V. Lea, Troy A. Manning
  • Publication number: 20180330767
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods for bank to bank data transfer. An example apparatus includes a plurality of banks of memory cells, an internal bus configured to transfer data between the plurality of banks and an external bus interface, and a bank-to-bank transfer bus configured to transfer data between the plurality of banks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventors: Perry V. Lea, Troy A. Manning
  • Publication number: 20180330776
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods for in-memory operations. An example apparatus includes a memory device including a plurality of subarrays of memory cells, where the plurality of subarrays includes a first subset of the respective plurality of subarrays and a second subset of the respective plurality of subarrays. The memory device includes first sensing circuitry coupled to the first subset, the first sensing circuitry including a sense amplifier and a compute component configured to perform an in-memory operation. The memory device includes second sensing circuitry coupled to the second subset, the second sensing circuitry including a sense amplifier. The memory device also includes a controller configured to direct a first movement of a data value to a selected subarray in the first subset based on the first sensing circuitry including the compute component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventors: Perry V. Lea, Richard C. Murphy
  • Patent number: 10120740
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes apparatus and methods for debugging on a memory device. An example apparatus comprises a memory device having an array of memory cells and sensing circuitry coupled to the array. The sensing circuitry includes a sense amplifier and a compute component configured to perform logical operations on the memory device. A controller is coupled to the array and sensing circuitry and configured to cause the memory device to store debugging code in the array of memory cells and execute instructions to perform logical operations using the sensing circuitry. The controller is further configured to receive an indication in the executing instructions to halt a logical operation, and to execute the debugging code on the memory device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Perry V. Lea, Shawn Rosti
  • Publication number: 20180293179
    Abstract: The present disclosure is related to encryption of executables in computational memory. Computational memory can traverse an operating system page table in the computational memory for a page marked as executable. In response to finding a page marked as executable, the computational memory can determine whether the page marked as executable has been encrypted. In response to determining that the page marked as executable is not encrypted, the computational memory can generate a key for the page marked as executable. The computational memory can encrypt the page marked as executable using the key.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventor: Perry V. Lea
  • Publication number: 20180276539
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods for operating neural networks. An example apparatus includes a plurality of neural networks, wherein the plurality of neural networks are configured to receive a particular portion of data and wherein each of the plurality of neural networks are configured to operate on the particular portion of data during a particular time period to make a determination regarding a characteristic of the particular portion of data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventor: Perry V. Lea
  • Publication number: 20180275883
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods for in-memory data switching networks. An example apparatus includes an array of memory cells. Sensing circuitry is selectably coupled to the array of memory cells. An input/output (I/O) line is shared as a data path for in-memory data switching associated with the array. An in-memory data switching network is selectably coupled to the respective shared I/O line. A controller is configured to couple to the in-memory data switching network and direct enablement of a switch protocol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventor: Perry V. Lea
  • Publication number: 20180276151
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods for in data path compute operations. An example apparatus includes an array of memory cells. Sensing circuitry is selectably coupled to the array. A plurality of shared input/output (I/O) lines provides a data path. The plurality of shared I/O lines selectably couples a first subrow of a row of the array via the sensing circuitry to a first compute component in the data path to move a first data value from the first subrow to the first compute component and a second subrow of the respective row via the sensing circuitry to a second compute component to move a second data value from the second subrow to the second compute component. An operation is performed on the first data value from the first subrow using the first compute component substantially simultaneously with movement of the second data value from the second subrow to the second compute component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventor: Perry V. Lea
  • Publication number: 20180267738
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods for data movement. An example apparatus includes a memory device that includes a plurality of subarrays of memory cells and sensing circuitry coupled to the plurality of subarrays. The sensing circuitry includes a sense amplifier and a compute component. The memory device also includes a plurality of subarray controllers. Each subarray controller of the plurality of subarray controllers is coupled to a respective subarray of the plurality of subarrays and is configured to direct performance of an operation with respect to data stored in the respective subarray of the plurality of subarrays. The memory device is configured to move a data value corresponding to a result of an operation with respect to data stored in a first subarray of the plurality of subarrays to a memory cell in a second subarray of the plurality of subarrays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Perry V. Lea, Glen E. Hush
  • Patent number: 10069986
    Abstract: A printer includes an interface selector to generate a signal that indicates whether a stylus has been installed with a printer. An interface controller monitors the signal from the interface selector to detect if the stylus has been installed with the printer and generates a first printer interface if the stylus has been detected and generates a second printer interface if the stylus has not been detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventor: Perry V. Lea
  • Publication number: 20180239531
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods for in-memory operations. An example apparatus includes a memory device including a plurality of subarrays of memory cells, where the plurality of subarrays includes a first subset of the respective plurality of subarrays and a second subset of the respective plurality of subarrays. The memory device includes sensing circuitry coupled to the first subset, the sensing circuitry including a sense amplifier and a compute component. The apparatus also includes a controller configured to direct a first movement of a number of data values from a subarray in the second subset to a subarray in the first subset and performance of a sequential plurality of operations in-memory on the number of data values by the first sensing circuitry coupled to the first subset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventor: Perry V. Lea
  • Publication number: 20180239712
    Abstract: An example memory array page table walk can include using an array of memory cells configured to store a page table. The page table walk can include using sensing circuitry coupled to the array. The page table walk can include using a controller coupled to the array. The controller can be configured to operate the sensing circuitry to determine a physical address of a portion of data by accessing the page table in the array of memory cells. The controller can be configured to operate the sensing circuitry to cause storing of the portion of data in a buffer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventor: Perry V. Lea
  • Publication number: 20180239672
    Abstract: Examples of the present disclosure provide apparatuses and methods for error code calculation. The apparatus can include an array of memory cells that are coupled to sense lines. The apparatus can include a controller configured to control a sensing circuitry, that is coupled to the sense lines, to perform a number of operations without transferring data via an input/output (I/O) lines. The sensing circuitry can be controlled to calculate an error code for data stored in the array of memory cells and compare the error code with an initial error code for the data to determine whether the data has been modified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: Perry V. Lea, Timothy P. Finkbeiner
  • Patent number: 10049721
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods for in-memory operations. An example apparatus includes a memory device including a plurality of subarrays of memory cells, where the plurality of subarrays includes a first subset of the respective plurality of subarrays and a second subset of the respective plurality of subarrays. The memory device includes first sensing circuitry coupled to the first subset, the first sensing circuitry including a sense amplifier and a compute component configured to perform an in-memory operation. The memory device includes second sensing circuitry coupled to the second subset, the second sensing circuitry including a sense amplifier. The memory device also includes a controller configured to direct a first movement of a data value to a selected subarray in the first subset based on the first sensing circuitry including the compute component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Perry V. Lea, Richard C. Murphy
  • Patent number: 9996479
    Abstract: The present disclosure is related to encryption of executables in computational memory. Computational memory can traverse an operating system page table in the computational memory for a page marked as executable. In response to finding a page marked as executable, the computational memory can determine whether the page marked as executable has been encrypted. In response to determining that the page marked as executable is not encrypted, the computational memory can generate a key for the page marked as executable. The computational memory can encrypt the page marked as executable using the key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Perry V. Lea
  • Patent number: 9971541
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods for data movement. An example apparatus includes a memory device that includes a plurality of subarrays of memory cells and sensing circuitry coupled to the plurality of subarrays. The sensing circuitry includes a sense amplifier and a compute component. The memory device also includes a plurality of subarray controllers. Each subarray controller of the plurality of subarray controllers is coupled to a respective subarray of the plurality of subarrays and is configured to direct performance of an operation with respect to data stored in the respective subarray of the plurality of subarrays. The memory device is configured to move a data value corresponding to a result of an operation with respect to data stored in a first subarray of the plurality of subarrays to a memory cell in a second subarray of the plurality of subarrays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Perry V. Lea, Glen E. Hush
  • Patent number: 9952925
    Abstract: Examples of the present disclosure provide apparatuses and methods for error code calculation. The apparatus can include an array of memory cells that are coupled to sense lines. The apparatus can include a controller configured to control a sensing circuitry, that is coupled to the sense lines, to perform a number of operations without transferring data via an input/output (I/O) lines. The sensing circuitry can be controlled to calculate an error code for data stored in the array of memory cells and compare the error code with an initial error code for the data to determine whether the data has been modified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Perry V. Lea, Timothy P. Finkbeiner
  • Patent number: 9942426
    Abstract: A system comprising a multifunctional peripheral device comprising a processor and a display device, in which the display device presents to a user an electronic document, in which, with an editing module, the multifunctional peripheral device receives input indicating edits to be made to the electronic document, and in which the edits are saved as a separate image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Perry V Lea, Brian James Sahr, Steven Holland, Eric P Christianson, John D Wilcox, Bradley R Larson