Micron Technology, Inc. patent applications published on October 5th, 2023

Summary of the patent applications from Micron Technology, Inc. on October 5th, 2023

Micron Technology, Inc. has recently filed patents related to memory arrays, memory devices and systems, memory circuits, transistors, amplifiers, semiconductor structures, and microelectronic devices. These patents focus on the structure and construction of these technologies, rather than specific methods or processes. Notable applications of these patents include:

Memory arrays consisting of strings of memory cells organized into memory blocks, with insulative and conductive tiers separating the blocks.
Memory devices and systems with memory strings that have a conductor channel shell and a low dielectric constant central region.
Memory circuits with memory cells arranged in strings, connected to a conductor tier through channel-material strings passing through insulative and conductive tiers.
Transistors with antimony-gallium-zinc-oxide (SbGZO) channel regions.
Amplifiers with two stages, including a floating current source and a local common mode feedback in the first stage, and a driver supplying load current in the second stage.
Semiconductor structures with device structures on a substrate, each having sidewall spacers consisting of liner layers, oxide spacers, and etch stop layers.
Microelectronic devices with stack structures made up of insulative and conductive layers arranged in tiers, with different stadiums containing different numbers of staircase sets.

Overall, Micron Technology, Inc. has filed patents for various memory-related technologies, including memory arrays, devices, and circuits, as well as patents for transistors, amplifiers, semiconductor structures, and microelectronic devices. These patents focus on the structure and construction of these technologies, with potential applications in memory storage, data processing, and electronic systems.

Patent applications for Micron Technology, Inc. on October 5th, 2023

NAMESPACES ALLOCATION IN NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DEVICES (18331842)

Inventor Alex Frolikov

DYNAMIC MEMORY DEVICE MANAGEMENT AND STREAM PRIORITIZATION BASED ON QUALITY OF SERVICE METRICS (17708811)

Inventor Manjunath Chandrashekaraiah

ALIGNMENT OF ACTIVATION PERIODS (17708627)

Inventor Liang Ge

READING A MASTER BOOT RECORD FOR A NAMESPACE AFTER REFORMATTING THE NAMESPACE (17708828)

Inventor Alexei Frolikov

TECHNIQUES FOR TEMPERATURE-BASED ACCESS OPERATIONS (17711439)

Inventor Olivier Duval

Programming a Coarse Grained Reconfigurable Array through Description of Data Flow Graphs (17705099)

Inventor Skyler Arron Windh

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADDRESS FAULT DETECTION (17711002)

Inventor Melissa I. Uribe

SCRUB OPERATIONS WITH ROW ERROR INFORMATION (17657575)

Inventor Sujeet V. Ayyapureddi

CRYPTOGRAPHIC DATA INTEGRITY PROTECTION (18206398)

Inventor David Aaron Palmer

ERROR CORRECTION WITH SYNDROME COMPUTATION IN A MEMORY DEVICE (18329886)

Inventor Mustafa N. KAYNAK

EVALUATION OF MEMORY DEVICE HEALTH MONITORING LOGIC (18156594)

Inventor Scott E. Schaefer

SELF-SEEDED RANDOMIZER FOR DATA RANDOMIZATION IN FLASH MEMORY (18206958)

Inventor Zhengang Chen

UNUSED REDUNDANT ENABLE DISTURB PROTECTION CIRCUIT (17706410)

Inventor Seth A. Eichmeyer

LOW POWER MANAGEMENT FOR SLEEP MODE OPERATION OF A MEMORY DEVICE (17426963)

Inventor Shuai Xu

UNBALANCED PROGRAMMED DATA STATES IN MEMORY (17712948)

Inventor Christophe Laurent

TECHNIQUES FOR MEMORY CELL REFRESH (17712972)

Inventor Vincenzo Reina

TECHNIQUES TO REFRESH MEMORY SYSTEMS OPERATING IN LOW POWER STATES (17713641)

Inventor Vincenzo Reina

APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING WORD LINE DISCHARGE (17711858)

Inventor Toshiyuki Sato

APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR ROW DECODER WITH MULTIPLE SECTION ENABLE SIGNAL VOLTAGE DOMAINS (17709753)

Inventor SANG HOON SHIN

ALL LEVEL COARSE/FINE PROGRAMMING OF MEMORY CELLS (18127768)

Inventor Lawrence Celso Miranda

MEMORY DEVICES HAVING SOURCE LINES DIRECTLY COUPLED TO BODY REGIONS AND METHODS (18205679)

Inventor Akira Goda

TECHNIQUES FOR DETERMINING AN INTERFACE CONNECTION STATUS (17657063)

Inventor Melissa I. Uribe

MEMORY DEVICE SIDEBAND SYSTEMS AND METHODS (17710601)

Inventor Joshua E. Alzheimer

Error Correction in a Memory Device having an Error Correction Code of a Predetermined Code Rate (17712550)

Inventor Mustafa N. Kaynak

SEMICONDUCTOR ASSEMBLIES WITH SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SMOOTHING SURFACES OF 3D STRUCTURES (18111496)

Inventor Andrew M. Bayless

METHODS OF FORMING MICROELECTRONIC DEVICES, AND RELATED ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS (18333235)

Inventor Kunal R. Parekh

MICROELECTRONIC DEVICES WITH STAIRCASED STADIUMS AND BOTH THROUGH-STEP AND TO-STEP CONTACTS, AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS (17709020)

Inventor Harsh Narendrakumar Jain

MICROELECTRONIC DEVICES WITH DIFFERENT STAIRCASED STADIUMS HAVING CONSISTENT MULTI-TIER STEP RISER HEIGHT, AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS (17657264)

Inventor Lifang Xu

ANTIMONY-GALLIUM-ZINC-OXIDE MATERIALS (17712294)

Inventor Adharsh Rajagopal

Memory Circuitry Comprising Strings Of Memory Cells (17712776)

Inventor Dhirendra Dhananjay Vaidya

APPARATUSES INCLUDING LOW-K SPACERS AND METHODS FOR FORMING SAME (17711909)

Inventor Kehan Zhang

LOW POWER VB CLASS AB AMPLIFIER WITH LOCAL COMMON MODE FEEDBACK (17711183)

Inventor Zhi Qi Huang

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE (17711972)

Inventor Mitsunari Sukekawa

Memory Arrays Comprising Strings Of Memory Cells And Methods Used In Forming A Memory Array Comprising Strings Of Memory Cells (17710262)

Inventor Shyam Surthi

NAND PILLAR MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD (17711620)

Inventor Gianpietro Carnevale

Memory Arrays Comprising Strings Of Memory Cells And Methods Used In Forming A Memory Array Comprising Strings Of Memory Cells (17713913)

Inventor Collin Howder

Memory Arrays Comprising Strings Of Memory Cells And Methods Used In Forming A Memory Array Comprising Strings Of Memory Cells (17713955)