US 12,073,871 B2
Method of performing internal processing operation of memory device
Pavan Kumar Kasibhatla, Suwon-si (KR); Seong-il O, Suwon-si (KR); and Hak-soo Yu, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Jul. 18, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/223,078.
Application 18/223,078 is a continuation of application No. 17/883,498, filed on Aug. 8, 2022, granted, now 11,790,981.
Application 17/883,498 is a continuation of application No. 17/369,010, filed on Jul. 7, 2021, granted, now 11,482,278, issued on Oct. 25, 2022.
Application 17/369,010 is a continuation of application No. 16/251,983, filed on Jan. 18, 2019, granted, now 11,074,961, issued on Jul. 27, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2018-0088682 (KR), filed on Jul. 30, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0360693 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G11C 11/40 (2006.01); G06F 15/78 (2006.01); G11C 7/10 (2006.01); G11C 11/408 (2006.01); G11C 11/4091 (2006.01); G11C 11/4093 (2006.01); G11C 11/4096 (2006.01)
CPC G11C 11/4091 (2013.01) [G06F 15/7821 (2013.01); G11C 7/1006 (2013.01); G11C 11/4087 (2013.01); G11C 11/4093 (2013.01); G11C 11/4096 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of operating a memory device including a memory cell array and a processor-in-memory (PIM), the method comprising:
receiving an internal processing mode signal, the internal processing mode signal being transmitted from a memory controller outside of the memory device;
entering an internal processing mode in response to the internal processing mode signal;
uploading internal processing information into the memory cell array, the internal processing information being transmitted from the memory controller during the internal processing mode;
reading the internal processing information from the memory cell array;
performing, by the PIM, an internal processing operation based on the read internal processing information;
determining, by the PIM, whether the read internal processing information includes an internal processing operation command, the internal processing operation command indicating a type of the internal processing operation of the PIM and
generating, by the PIM, the internal processing operation command during the internal processing operation.