ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,705,171, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, Idaho).
"Partially programmed block read operations" was invented by Pitamber Shukla (Boise, Idaho), Ryan Hrinya (Boise, Idaho), Fulvio Rori (Boise, Idaho), Scott A. Stoller (Boise, Idaho) and Tyler Betz (Meridian, Idaho).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatuses and methods for determining performing read operations on a partially programmed block are provided. One example apparatus can include a controller configured to apply a read voltage to a word line in an array of memory cells during a read operation on the word line, apply a first pass voltage to a number...