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Granted Patent B2
US 11,687,237 · App. 17/393,727 · Granted Jun 27, 2023

Memory device status push within memory sub-system

Inventors: Chulbum Kim (San Jose, CA); Sundararajan Sankaranarayanan (Fremont, CA)
Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
G06F3/0604G06F3/0619G06F3/0659G06F3/0679
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Patent No.
US 11,687,237
App. No.
17/393,727
Granted
Jun 27, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A local media controller of a first memory device receives a first number of cycles broadcasted by a second memory device via a bus connecting the first memory device and the second memory device. The local media controller initializes a counter associated with the first memory device. Responsive to determining that the value of the counter matches the first number of cycles, the local media controller transmits a status of the first memory device via the bus. Furthermore, responsive to determining that the status is ready, the local media controller sends, to a memory sub-system controller managing the first memory device, a status of a memory region of the first memory device.

Claims (40)

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a local media controller of a first memory device, a first number of cycles broadcasted by a second memory device via a bus connecting the first memory device and the second memory device;

initializing a counter associated with the first memory device;

responsive to determining that a value of the counter matches the first number of cycles, transmitting a status of the first memory device via the bus, wherein the status comprises a second number of cycles associated with the first memory device, wherein the second number of cycles is determined in view of the status of the first memory device; and

responsive to determining that the status of the first memory device is ready, sending, to a memory sub-system controller managing the first memory device, a status of a memory region of the first memory device.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

responsive to determining that the status of the first memory device is busy, determining that the second number of cycles is a minimal number of cycles.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the local media controller of the first memory device maintains the counter that is synchronized with a second counter associated with the second memory device.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the status of the memory region within the first memory device comprises at least one of: ready/busy status of the memory region, or pass/fail status of the memory region, and wherein the second number of cycles is further determined in view of the ready/busy status of the memory region, or the pass/fail status of the memory region.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein responsive to determining that the status of the first memory device is ready, the local media controller of the first memory device is further to send, to the memory sub-system controller managing the first memory device, at least one of: an outlier for a performance metric, soft decision information, a thermal alert, an interrupt, or read calibration data, and wherein the second number of cycles is determined in view of the outlier for the performance metric, the soft decision information, the thermal alert, the interrupt, or the read calibration data.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, via a single-bit serial bus, a synchronized clock command during at least one of: a powering on event, a predefined time interval, or responsive to detecting an error on the first memory device.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the status of the memory region within the first memory device is sent to the memory sub-system controller via a sideband channel.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, from the memory sub-system controller, an input/output (I/O) operation via an input/output channel in response to sending the status of the memory region within the first memory device.

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

receiving, by a local media controller of a first memory device, a first number of cycles broadcasted by a second memory device via a bus connecting the first memory device and the second memory device;

initializing a counter associated with the first memory device;

responsive to determining that a value of the counter matches the first number of cycles, transmitting a status of the first memory device via the bus, wherein the status comprises a second number of cycles associated with the first memory device, wherein the second number of cycles is determined in view of the status of the first memory device; and

responsive to determining that the status of the first memory device is ready, sending, to a memory sub-system controller managing the first memory device, a status of a memory region of the first memory device.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9 , further comprising:

responsive to determining that the status of the first memory device busy, determining that the second number of cycles is a minimal number of cycles.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein the local media controller of the first memory device maintains the counter that is synchronized with a second counter associated with the second memory device.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the status of the memory region within the first memory device comprises at least one of: ready/busy status of the memory region, or pass/fail status of the memory region, and wherein the second number of cycles is further determined in view of the ready/busy status of the memory region, or the pass/fail status of the memory region.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein responsive to determining that the status of the first memory device is ready, the local media controller of the first memory device is further to send, to the memory sub-system controller managing the first memory device, at least one of: an outlier for a performance metric, soft decision information, a thermal alert, an interrupt, or read calibration data, and wherein the second number of cycles is determined in view of the outlier for the performance metric, the soft decision information, the thermal alert, the interrupt, or the read calibration data.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9 , further comprising:

receiving, via a single-bit serial bus, a synchronized clock command during at least one of: a powering on event, a predefined time interval, or responsive to detecting an error on the first memory device.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein the status of the memory region within the first memory device is sent to the memory sub-system controller via a sideband channel.

16. A system comprising:

a plurality of memory devices; and

a processing device, operatively coupled to the plurality of memory devices, to perform operations comprising:

receiving, by a local media controller of a first memory device of the plurality of memory devices, a first number of cycles broadcasted by a second memory device of the plurality of memory devices via a bus connecting the first memory device and the second memory device;

initializing a counter associated with the first memory device;

responsive to determining that a value of the counter matches the first number of cycles, transmitting a status of the first memory device via the bus, wherein the status comprises a second number of cycles associated with the first memory device, wherein the second number of cycles is determined in view of the status of the first memory device; and

responsive to determining that the status of the first memory device is ready, sending, to a memory sub-system controller managing the first memory device, a status of a memory region of the first memory device.

17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the operations further comprise:

responsive to determining that the status of the first memory device is busy, determining that the second number of cycles is a minimal number of cycles.

18. The system of claim 16 , wherein the local media controller of the first memory device maintains the counter that is synchronized with a second counter associated with the second memory device.

19. The system of claim 16 , wherein the status of the memory region within the first memory device comprises at least one of: ready/busy status of the memory region, or pass/fail status of the memory region, and wherein the second number of cycles is further determined in view of the ready/busy status of the memory region, or the pass/fail status of the memory region.

20. The system of claim 16 , wherein responsive to determining that the status of the first memory device is ready, the local media controller of the first memory device is further to send, to the memory sub-system controller managing the first memory device, at least one of: an outlier for a performance metric, soft decision information, a thermal alert, an interrupt, or read calibration data, and wherein the second number of cycles is determined in view of the outlier for the performance metric, the soft decision information, the thermal alert, the interrupt, or the read calibration data.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 6, 2021
From: KIM, CHULBUM; SANKARANARAYANAN, SUNDARARAJAN
To: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
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