US 11,720,163 B2
Providing energy information to memory
Greg Blodgett, Nampa, ID (US); Daniele Balluchi, Cernusco Sul Naviglio (IT); Danilo Caraccio, Milan (IT); and Graziano Mirichigni, Vimercate (IT)
Assigned to Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US)
Filed by Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US)
Filed on Jul. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/870,696.
Application 17/870,696 is a continuation of application No. 16/666,975, filed on Oct. 29, 2019, granted, now 11,397,461.
Application 16/666,975 is a continuation of application No. 15/815,209, filed on Nov. 16, 2017, granted, now 10,503,241, issued on Dec. 10, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/506,977, filed on May 16, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0357791 A1, Nov. 10, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 1/32 (2019.01); G06F 11/30 (2006.01); G06F 1/3234 (2019.01); G06F 13/16 (2006.01); G11C 5/14 (2006.01); G06F 1/30 (2006.01); G06F 1/3212 (2019.01); G11C 16/30 (2006.01); G11C 11/4072 (2006.01); G11C 11/4074 (2006.01); G11C 16/20 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/3275 (2013.01) [G06F 1/305 (2013.01); G06F 1/3212 (2013.01); G06F 11/3062 (2013.01); G06F 13/1668 (2013.01); G11C 5/142 (2013.01); G11C 5/144 (2013.01); G11C 11/4072 (2013.01); G11C 11/4074 (2013.01); G11C 16/20 (2013.01); G11C 16/30 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
determining, by a host, that a charge level of an energy source coupled to the host has fallen below a threshold value;
transmitting, from the host to a memory device coupled to the host, signaling indicative to turn power loss protection on for the memory device, wherein the signaling is transmitted based at least in part on determining that the charge level of the energy source has fallen below the threshold value; and
performing, by the memory device upon receiving the signaling indicative to turn power loss protection on, an error correction operation on data stored in the memory device that is different than an error correction operation performed on the data prior to the memory device receiving the signaling.