Patents by Inventor Violante Moschiano

Violante Moschiano 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: 10055293
    Abstract: A memory device includes a memory array that includes a buffer data. The memory device also includes a memory controller. The memory controller includes an error correction code (ECC) component. The memory controller further receives a status command and an indication related to the quality of the data to analyze with the ECC component. Based on a status value, the memory controller utilizes one of a plurality of error correction techniques via the ECC component to correct an error (e.g., soft state, calibration, etc.).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Violante Moschiano, Walter Di Francesco, Luca De Santis, Giovanni Santin
  • Patent number: 10037809
    Abstract: Memory devices may include digital-to-analog converters configured to convert digital values to analog read voltages and to apply the analog read voltages to memory cells in different memory planes, and multiplexers to selectively couple a corresponding table to a page buffer for output of a code from an identified code-containing row of the corresponding tables for each of the different memory planes, with each code corresponding to a data state of one of the memory cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Violante Moschiano, Mattia Cichocki, Tommaso Vali, Maria-Luisa Gallese, Umberto Siciliani
  • Patent number: 10037807
    Abstract: A method for programming a non-volatile memory device includes concurrently boosting channels of memory cells in a selected memory string and an unselected memory string of the memory device, discharging the boosted channels of the memory cells in the selected memory string, and programming a selected memory cell in the selected memory string after discharging the boosted channels in the selected memory string.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Violante Moschiano, Akira Goda, Mason A. Jones
  • Publication number: 20180196705
    Abstract: Apparatus include controllers configured to iteratively program a group of memory cells to respective desired data states; determine whether a power loss to the apparatus is indicated while iteratively programming the group of memory cells; and if a power loss to the apparatus is indicated, to change the desired data state of the particular memory cell before continuing with the programming. Apparatus further include controllers configured to read a particular memory cell of a last written page of memory cells, determine whether a threshold voltage of the particular memory cell is less than a particular voltage level, and to mark the last written page of memory cells as affected by power loss during a programming operation of the last written page of memory cells when the threshold voltage of the particular memory cell is determined to be higher than the particular voltage level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Applicant: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Michael G. Miller, Ashutosh Malshe, Violante Moschiano, Peter Feeley, Gary F. Besinga, Sampath K. Ratnam, Walter Di-Francesco, Renato C. Padilla, JR., Yun Li, Kishore Kumar Muchherla
  • Patent number: 10014062
    Abstract: Memory devices including an array of memory cells, a first buffer selectively connected to the array of memory cells and corresponding to a particular bit rank of a byte of information of a programming operation of the memory device, and a second buffer selectively connected to the array of memory cells and corresponding to the particular bit rank of a different byte of information of the programming operation of the memory device, wherein an output of the first buffer and an output of the second buffer are connected in parallel to a common line, as well as methods of their operation to indicate a pass/fail condition of the programming operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Violante Moschiano, Giovanni Santin
  • Patent number: 9940193
    Abstract: The present disclosure is related to chunk definition for partial-page read. A number of methods can include setting a chunk size for a partial-page read of a page of memory cells. A start address of the partial-page read and chunk size can define a chunk of the page of memory cells. Some method can include enabling only those of a plurality of sense amplifiers associated with the page of memory cells that correspond to the chunk to perform the partial-page read.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Violante Moschiano, Luigi Pilolli
  • Patent number: 9921898
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods of operating such apparatus include iteratively programming a group of memory cells to respective desired data states, wherein a particular memory cell is configured to store overhead data and a different memory cell is configured to store user data; determining whether a power loss to the apparatus is indicated while iteratively programming the group of memory cells; and if a power loss to the apparatus is indicated, changing the desired data state of the particular memory cell before continuing with the programming. Apparatus and methods of operating such apparatus further include reading a data state of a particular memory cell of a last written page of memory cells, and marking the page as affected by power loss during a programming operation if the particular memory cell has any data state other than a particular data state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael G. Miller, Ashutosh Malshe, Violante Moschiano, Peter Feeley, Gary F. Besinga, Sampath K. Ratnam, Walter Di-Francesco, Renato C. Padilla, Jr., Yun Li, Kishore Kumar Muchherla
  • Publication number: 20180075913
    Abstract: Memory devices may include digital-to-analog converters configured to convert digital values to analog read voltages and to apply the analog read voltages to memory cells in different memory planes, and multiplexers to selectively couple a corresponding table to a page buffer for output of a code from an identified code-containing row of the corresponding tables for each of the different memory planes, with each code corresponding to a data state of one of the memory cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Applicant: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Violante Moschiano, Mattia Cichocki, Tommaso Vali, Maria-Luisa Gallese, Umberto Siciliani
  • Publication number: 20180047460
    Abstract: Methods for providing redundancy in a memory include mapping a portion of first data associated with an address of the memory determined to indicate a defective memory cell to an address of a redundant area of the memory array, and writing second data to the memory array, wherein a portion of the second data is written to a column of the memory array associated with the address of the memory determined to indicate a defective memory cell for the first data. Apparatus include memory control circuitry configured to select a portion of data for mapping to a different address in response to an address indicating a defective memory cell, and further configured to select a different portion of data for a particular row than for a different row, wherein the particular row and the different row are associated with the same columns of the memory array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Violante Moschiano, Giovanni Santin, Maria-Luisa Gallese, Luigi Pilolli
  • Publication number: 20170371779
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a storage device comprising a NAND flash memory. The storage device is to receive a write request from a computing host, the write request to specify data to be written to the NAND flash memory; perform a number of program loops to program the data into a plurality of cells of the NAND flash memory, wherein a program loop comprises application of a program voltage to a wordline of the memory to change the threshold voltage of at least one cell of the plurality of cells; and wherein the number of program loops is to be determined prior to receipt of the write request and based on a distribution of threshold voltages of the cells or determined based on tracking a number of program errors for only a portion of the plurality of cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Shantanu R. Rajwade, Andrea D'alessandro, Pranav Kalavade, Violante Moschiano
  • Patent number: 9852065
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a storage device comprising a NAND flash memory. The storage device is to receive a write request from a computing host, the write request to specify data to be written to the NAND flash memory; perform a number of program loops to program the data into a plurality of cells of the NAND flash memory, wherein a program loop comprises application of a program voltage to a wordline of the memory to change the threshold voltage of at least one cell of the plurality of cells; and wherein the number of program loops is to be determined prior to receipt of the write request and based on a distribution of threshold voltages of the cells or determined based on tracking a number of program errors for only a portion of the plurality of cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Shantanu R. Rajwade, Andrea D'alessandro, Pranav Kalavade, Violante Moschiano
  • Publication number: 20170365343
    Abstract: A method for programming a non-volatile memory device includes concurrently boosting channels of memory cells in a selected memory string and an unselected memory string of the memory device, discharging the boosted channels of the memory cells in the selected memory string, and programming a selected memory cell in the selected memory string after discharging the boosted channels in the selected memory string.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Violante Moschiano, Akira Goda, Mason A. Jones
  • Publication number: 20170345511
    Abstract: Methods of operating a memory include storing a first target data state of multiple possible data states of a first memory cell to be programmed in a target data latch coupled to a data node, storing at least one bit of a second target data state of the multiple possible data states of a second memory cell to be programmed in an aggressor data latch coupled to the data node, and programming the first memory cell and performing a program verify operation for the first target data state to determine if the first memory cell is verified for the first target data state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Tommaso Vali, Andrea D'Alessandro, Violante Moschiano, Mattia Cichocki, Michele Incarnati, Federica Paolini
  • Patent number: 9779839
    Abstract: Methods for providing redundancy in a memory include mapping a portion of first data associated with an address of the memory determined to indicate a defective memory cell to an address of a redundant area of the memory array, and writing second data to the memory array, wherein a portion of the second data is written to a column of the memory array associated with the address of the memory determined to indicate a defective memory cell for the first data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Violante Moschiano, Giovanni Santin, Maria-Luisa Gallese, Luigi Pilolli
  • Patent number: 9779817
    Abstract: A method for programming a non-volatile memory device includes concurrently boosting channels of memory cells in a selected memory string and an unselected memory string of the memory device, discharging the boosted channels of the memory cells in the selected memory string, and programming a selected memory cell in the selected memory string after discharging the boosted channels in the selected memory string.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Violante Moschiano, Akira Goda, Mason A. Jones
  • Patent number: 9779826
    Abstract: Memory devices may include digital-to-analog converters configured to convert digital values to analog read voltages and to apply the analog read voltages to memory cells in different memory planes, and multiplexers to selectively couple a corresponding table to a page buffer for output of a code from an identified code-containing row of the corresponding tables for each of the different memory planes, with each code corresponding to a data state of one of the memory cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Violante Moschiano, Mattia Cichocki, Tommaso Vali, Maria-Luisa Gallese, Umberto Siciliani
  • Patent number: 9754674
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a first page of memory cells in a first memory plane is read concurrently with a second page of memory cells in a second memory plane. The second memory plane is different than the first memory plane, but is in the same memory array as the first memory plane. The second page of memory cells has a different page address than the first page of memory cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Violante Moschiano, Mattia Cichocki, Tommaso Vali, Maria-Luisa Gallese, Umberto Siciliani
  • Publication number: 20170235637
    Abstract: A memory device includes a memory array that includes a buffer data. The memory device also includes a memory controller. The memory controller includes an error correction code (ECC) component. The memory controller further receives a status command and an indication related to the quality of the data to analyze with the ECC component. Based on a status value, the memory controller utilizes one of a plurality of error correction techniques via the ECC component to correct an error (e.g., soft state, calibration, etc.).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventors: Violante Moschiano, Walter Di Francesco, Luca De Santis, Giovanni Santin
  • Patent number: 9691452
    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 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Theodore T. Pekny, Jae-Kwan Park, Violante Moschiano, Michele Incarnati, Luca de Santis
  • Patent number: 9659639
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for threshold voltage analysis are described. One or more methods for threshold voltage analysis include storing expected state indicators corresponding to a group of memory cells, applying a first sensing voltage to a selected access line to which the group of memory cells is coupled, sensing whether at least one of the memory cells of the group conducts responsive to the first sensing voltage, determining whether a discharge indicator for the at least one of the memory cells has changed responsive to application of the first sensing voltage, and determining that the first sensing voltage is the threshold voltage for a particular program state of the at least one of the memory cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: William C. Filipiak, Violante Moschiano