G11C2207/2236

APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR DATA MOVEMENT
20230236752 · 2023-07-27 ·

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.

Domain-based access in a memory device

Methods, systems, and devices related to domain-based access in a memory device are described. In one example, a memory device in accordance with the described techniques may include a memory array, a sense amplifier array, and a signal development cache configured to store signals (e.g., cache signals, signal states) associated with logic states (e.g., memory states) that may be stored at the memory array (e.g., according to various read or write operations). The memory array may be organized according to domains, which may refer to various configurations or collections of access lines, and selections thereof, of different portions of the memory array. In various examples, a memory device may determine a plurality of domains for a received access command, or an order for accessing a plurality of domains for a received access command, or combinations thereof, based on an availability of the signal development cache.

Apparatuses and methods for partitioned parallel data movement

The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods for partitioned parallel data movement. An example apparatus includes a memory device that includes a plurality of partitions, where each partition of the plurality of partitions includes a subset of a plurality of subarrays of memory cells. The memory device also includes sensing circuitry coupled to the plurality of subarrays, the sensing circuitry including a sense amplifier. A controller for the memory device is configured to direct a first data movement within a first partition of the plurality of partitions in parallel with a second data movement within a second partition of the plurality of partitions.

Bank to bank data transfer
11514957 · 2022-11-29 · ·

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.

LOW VOLTAGE MEMORY DEVICE

A twelve-transistor (12T) memory cell for a memory device that includes a transmission gate, a cross-coupled inverter circuit operably connected to the transmission gate, and a tri-state inverter operably connected to the cross-coupled inverter circuit. The cross-coupled inverter includes another tri-state inverter cross-coupled to an inverter circuit. Various operations for the 12T memory cell, as well as circuitry to perform the operations, are disclosed.

Apparatuses and methods for data movement
11614878 · 2023-03-28 · ·

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.

MEMORY SYSTEM AND METHOD
20230075796 · 2023-03-09 ·

A memory system includes a controller and a flash memory including a plurality of first blocks. The controller writes a value having a first number of bits per memory cell to a plurality of second blocks, and writes a value having a second number of bits per memory cell to a plurality of third blocks among the first blocks. The second number is more than the first number. The controller writes data from a host device to the second blocks and transcribes valid data from the second blocks to the third blocks. The controller controls the number of second blocks in the first blocks according to an order of completion of the data writing to one or more third blocks and an amount of valid data stored in each of the one or more third blocks.

SIGNAL DEVELOPMENT CACHING IN A MEMORY DEVICE
20230066051 · 2023-03-02 ·

Methods, systems, and devices for signal development caching in a memory device are described. In one example, a memory device in accordance with the described techniques may include a memory array, a sense amplifier array, and a signal development cache configured to store signals (e.g., cache signals, signal states) associated with logic states (e.g., memory states) that may be stored at the memory array (e.g., according to various read or write operations). In various examples, accessing the memory device may include accessing information from the signal development cache, or the memory array, or both, based on various mappings or operations of the memory device.

METHOD FOR COPYING DATA WITHIN MEMORY DEVICE, MEMORY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF

A memory device is described, including a command decoder configured to receive a copy command to copy data stored in a first memory location to a second memory location without transmitting the data to an external controller, a memory array electrically connected to the command decoder and including a plurality of memory locations including the first memory location and the second memory location, a data line electrically connected to the memory array and configured to receive, from the first memory location, the data to be transmitted to the second memory location through the same data line, and an output buffer configured to store the data received from the first memory location through the data line to be written into the second memory location without transmitting the data to the external controller.

BANK TO BANK DATA TRANSFER
20230070383 · 2023-03-09 ·

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.