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Granted Patent B2
US 11,347,663 · App. 17/081,483 · Granted May 31, 2022

Memory device interface communicating with set of data bursts corresponding to memory dies via dedicated portions for command processing

Inventor: Luigi Pilolli (L'Aquila, IT)
Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 11,347,663
App. No.
17/081,483
Granted
May 31, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A set of memory commands associated with one or more memory dies of a memory device are communicated via a first portion of an interface to the memory device. Communication of a set of data bursts corresponding to the set of memory commands to the one or more memory dies via a second portion of the interface is caused, wherein one or more of the set of memory commands is communicated via the first interface concurrently with one or more of the set of data bursts.

Claims (36)

1. A method comprising:

communicating, by a processing device of a controller of a memory sub-system, a set of memory commands associated with one or more memory dies of a memory device via a first portion of an interface to the memory device; and

causing communication of a set of data bursts corresponding to the set of memory commands to the one or more memory dies via a second portion of the interface, wherein one or more of the set of memory commands are communicated via the first portion of the interface concurrently with one or more of the set of data bursts communicated via the second portion of the interface.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising designating one or more pin locations as the first portion of the interface for processing the set of memory commands.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first portion of the interface and the second portion of the interface are independent portions.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising processing a status polling communication via the first portion of the interface.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the status polling communication is processed via the first portion of the interface concurrently with one or more of the set of data bursts.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first portion of the interface comprises a first set of interface pins and the second portion of the interface comprises a second set of interface pins.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

designating one or more pins of the interface as a third portion of the interface; and

communicating a status polling communication to the memory device via the third portion of the interface.

8. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions, which when executed by a processing device, cause the processing device to perform operations comprising:

assigning a first portion of an interface communicatively coupled to a memory device comprising a set of memory dies to process one or more commands from a controller of a memory subsystem;

assigning a second portion of the interface to process one or more data communications associated with the memory device;

generating a command associated with a first target memory die of the memory device; and

communicating the command to the first target memory die via the first portion of the interface.

9. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8 , the operations further comprising identifying a data communication associated with a second target memory die of the memory device.

10. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9 , the operations further comprising causing the data communication to be communicated via the second portion of the interface concurrently with transmission of the command via the first portion of the interface.

11. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10 , the operations further comprising assigning the first portion of the interface to process one or more status polling communications.

12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 , the operations further comprising processing a status polling communication via the first portion of the interface concurrently with the data communication.

13. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10 , the operations further comprising:

designating a third portion of the interface to process one or more status polling communications; and

communicating a status polling communication to the memory device via the third portion of the interface in parallel with the communication of the data communication via the second portion of the interface.

14. A system comprising:

a memory device; and

a processing device, operatively coupled with the memory device, to perform operations comprising:

communicating, by the processing device of a controller of a memory sub-system, a set of memory commands associated with one or more memory dies of a memory device via a first portion of an interface to the memory device; and

causing communication of a set of data bursts corresponding to the set of memory commands to the one or more memory dies via a second portion of the interface, wherein one or more of the set of memory commands are communicated via the first portion of the interface concurrently with one or more of the set of data bursts communicated via the second portion of the interface.

15. The system of claim 14 , the operations further comprising designating one or more pin locations as the first portion of the interface for processing the set of memory commands.

16. The system of claim 14 , wherein the first portion of the interface and the second portion of the interface are independent portions.

17. The system of claim 14 , the operations further comprising processing a status polling communication via the first portion of the interface.

18. The system of claim 17 , wherein the status polling communication is processed via the first portion of the interface concurrently with one or more of the set of data bursts.

19. The system of claim 14 , wherein the first portion of the interface comprises a first set of interface pins and the second portion of the interface comprises a second set of interface pins.

20. The system of claim 14 , the operations further comprising:

designating one or more pins of the interface as a third portion of the interface; and

communicating a status polling communication to the memory device via the third portion of the interface.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 2, 2023
From: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
To: LODESTAR LICENSING GROUP LLC
Reel/Frame 065097/0483 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 29, 2020
From: PILOLLI, LUIGI
To: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Reel/Frame 054210/0628 →
Continuity (1)
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