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Partial page memory operations

US9653171B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 18, 2016
Grant dateMay 16, 2017
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Expiry dateApr 18, 2036

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F2212/7201
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Apparatuses may include a memory block with strings of memory cells formed in a plurality of tiers. The apparatus may further comprise access lines and data lines shared by the strings, with the access lines coupled to the memory cells corresponding to a respective tier of the plurality of tiers. The memory cells corresponding to at least a portion of the respective tier may comprise a respective page of a plurality of pages. Subsets of the data lines may be mapped into a respective partial page of a plurality of partial pages of the respective page. Each partial page may be independently selectable from other partial pages. Additional apparatuses and methods are disclosed.

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