US 11,886,710 B2
Memory operations on data
Paolo Amato, Pagazzano (IT); Daniele Balluchi, Cernusco Sul Naviglio (IT); Danilo Caraccio, Buonalbergo (IT); Emanuele Confalonieri, Lesmo (IT); and Marco Dallabora, Melegnano (IT)
Assigned to Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US)
Filed by Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US)
Filed on Dec. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/552,060.
Application 17/552,060 is a continuation of application No. 16/541,571, filed on Aug. 15, 2019, granted, now 11,209,986.
Application 16/541,571 is a continuation of application No. 15/345,783, filed on Nov. 8, 2016, granted, now 10,430,085, issued on Oct. 1, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0107735 A1, Apr. 7, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 11/10 (2006.01); G11C 16/34 (2006.01); G06F 12/1009 (2016.01)
CPC G06F 3/0611 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0616 (2013.01); G06F 3/0656 (2013.01); G06F 3/0659 (2013.01); G06F 3/0679 (2013.01); G06F 3/0683 (2013.01); G06F 11/1048 (2013.01); G06F 11/1076 (2013.01); G06F 12/1009 (2013.01); G11C 16/3495 (2013.01); G06F 3/0619 (2013.01); G06F 3/0634 (2013.01); G06F 2212/65 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
determining, by a controller, that a first managed unit is located at a particular distance from a second managed unit, wherein the particular distance corresponds to a particular quantity of managed units physically between two managed units;
writing data stored in the first managed unit to the second managed unit; and
placing the first managed unit in a free state.