ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,781, issued on March 17, was assigned to Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, Idaho).
"Bank configurable power modes" was invented by Graziano Mirichigni (Vimercate, Italy), Andrea Martinelli (Bergamo, Italy) and Christophe Vincent Antoine Laurent (Agrate Brianza, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, and devices for bank-configurable power modes are described. Aspects include operating a memory device that has multiple memory banks in a first mode. While operating in the first mode, the memory device may receive a command to enter a second mode having a lower power consumption level than the first mode. The memory device...