IP Library Granted Patent US 12,411,637
Granted Patent B2
US 12,411,637 · App. 18/589,184 · Granted Sep 9, 2025

Read broadcast operations associated with a memory device

Inventors: Dmitri A. Yudanov (Rancho Cordova, CA); Shanky Kumar Jain (Folsom, CA)
Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 12,411,637
App. No.
18/589,184
Granted
Sep 9, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods, systems, and devices related to write broadcast operations associated with 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 device may enable read broadcast operations. A read broadcast may occur from the memory array to multiple locations of the signal development cache, for example via one or more multiplexers.

Claims (60)

1. A memory device, comprising:

a first component;

a second component;

a selection component; and

a controller configured to cause the memory device to:

couple the first component with the selection component based at least in part on identifying a pattern of logic states stored at the first component; and

store, at a plurality of locations of the second component, a pattern of signal states associated with the pattern of logic states based at least in part on coupling the first component with the selection component and coupling the selection component with the plurality of locations of the second component.

2. The memory device of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to cause the memory device to:

activate a first set of word lines associated with the second component;

apply a first signal corresponding to a first logic state to a set of signal lines coupled with the second component after activating the first set of word lines;

activate a second set of word lines associated with the second component after applying the first signal;

apply a second signal corresponding to a second logic state to the set of signal lines after activating the second set of word lines; and

store the pattern of signal states at the plurality of locations of the second component based at least in part on applying the first signal and the second signal to the set of signal lines.

3. The memory device of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to cause the memory device to:

write the pattern of logic states to the first component as part of a write operation based at least in part on capturing the pattern of logic states at the selection component.

4. The memory device of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to cause the memory device to:

process the pattern of logic states at the selection component based at least in part on coupling the first component with the selection component, the processing comprising a shuffling operation, a mathematical operation, a logic operation, or any combination thereof.

5. The memory device of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to cause the memory device to:

process the pattern of signal states at the selection component based at least in part on coupling the first component with the selection component, wherein storing the pattern of signal states is based at least in part on processing the pattern of signal states.

6. The memory device of claim 1 , wherein the pattern of signal states comprises one or more signal states, and to store the pattern of signal states at the plurality of locations of the second component, the controller is configured to cause the memory device to:

store the one or more signal states at each location of the plurality of locations of the second component based at least in part on the pattern of signal states.

7. The memory device of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to cause the memory device to:

identify the pattern of logic states based at least in part on receiving a command; and

transfer, via the second component, data associated with the pattern of logic states from one or more locations of the plurality of locations of the second component to a sense amplifier array based at least in part on receiving the command.

8. The memory device of claim 7 , wherein the command comprises a read command, a write command, a modify command, or any combination thereof.

9. The memory device of claim 1 , wherein:

the first component comprises a plurality of domains or subdomains, each of the plurality of domains or subdomains including one or more memory cells storing at least a portion of the pattern of logic states and one or more access lines coupled with the one or more memory cells; and

the pattern of logic states is captured at the selection component based at least in part on coupling the one or more access lines of the plurality of domains or subdomains with the selection component.

10. The memory device of claim 1 , wherein:

the second component comprises a capacitor array, a signal development cache component, or a combination thereof;

the first component comprises a memory array having a different type of storage element than the second component; and

the selection component comprises a multiplexer, a digital signal processor, or a combination thereof.

11. A method at a memory device, comprising:

coupling a first component of the memory device with a selection component of the memory device based at least in part on identifying a pattern of logic states stored at the first component; and

storing, at a plurality of locations of a second component of the memory device, a pattern of signal states associated with the pattern of logic states based at least in part on coupling the first component with the selection component and coupling the selection component with the plurality of locations of the second component.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

processing the pattern of logic states at the selection component based at least in part on coupling the first component with the selection component, the processing comprising a shuffling operation, a mathematical operation, a logic operation, or any combination thereof.

13. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

processing the pattern of signal states at the selection component based at least in part on coupling the first component with the selection component, wherein storing the pattern of signal states is based at least in part on processing the pattern of signal states.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein the pattern of signal states comprises one or more signal states, and storing the pattern of signal states at the plurality of locations of the second component comprises:

storing the one or more signal states at each location of the plurality of locations of the second component based at least in part on the pattern of signal states.

15. The method of claim 11 , wherein:

the second component comprises a capacitor array, a signal development cache component, or a combination thereof;

the first component comprises a memory array having a different type of storage element than the second component; and

the selection component comprises a multiplexer, a digital signal processor, or a combination thereof.

16. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

activating a first set of word lines associated with the second component;

applying a first signal corresponding to a first logic state to a set of signal lines coupled with the second component after activating the first set of word lines;

activating a second set of word lines associated with the second component after applying the first signal;

applying a second signal corresponding to a second logic state to the set of signal lines after activating the second set of word lines; and

storing the pattern of signal states at the plurality of locations of the second component based at least in part on applying the first signal and the second signal to the set of signal lines.

17. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

write the pattern of logic states to the first component as part of a write operation based at least in part on capturing the pattern of logic states at the selection component.

18. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

identifying the pattern of logic states based at least in part on receiving a command; and

transferring, via the second component, data associated with the pattern of logic states from one or more locations of the plurality of locations of the second component to a sense amplifier array based at least in part on receiving the command.

19. The method of claim 18 , wherein the command comprises a read command, a write command, a modify command, or any combination thereof.

20. The method of claim 12 , wherein:

the first component comprises a plurality of domains or subdomains, each of the plurality of domains or subdomains including one or more memory cells storing at least a portion of the pattern of logic states and one or more access lines coupled with the one or more memory cells; and

the pattern of logic states is captured at the selection component based at least in part on coupling the one or more access lines of the plurality of domains or subdomains with the selection component.

Continuity (4)
Continuation 17846715 · Jun 22, 2022
Continuation 17414297
Provisional Application 62783388 · Dec 21, 2018
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