Command interface for memory devices

Details Command interface for memory devices Command interface for memory devices

2011-08-16

2011-08-16

Nguyen, Than (Department: 2188)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory

Storage accessing and control

Specific memory composition

C711S105000, C711S155000, C365S185010

Reexamination Certificate

active

08001320

ABSTRACT:
A method for operating a memory device that includes a plurality of analog memory cells includes accepting at an input of the memory device a self-contained command to perform a memory access operation on at least one of the memory cells. The command includes an instruction specifying the memory access operation and one or more parameters that are indicative of analog settings to be applied to the at least one of the memory cells when performing the memory access operation. The self-contained command is executed in the memory device by extracting the parameters, applying the analog settings to the at least one of the memory cells responsively to the extracted parameters, and performing the specified memory access operation in accordance with the instruction on the at least one of the memory cells using the settings.

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