Providing energy information to memory
AssigneeMicron Technology, Inc.
InventorsGreg Blodgett, Daniele Balluchi, Danilo Caraccio, Graziano Mirichigni
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Abstract
The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods for providing energy information to memory. An embodiment includes determining, by a host, that a charge level of an energy source coupled to the host has reached or exceeded a threshold value, and transmitting, from the host to a memory device coupled to the host, signaling indicative of an energy mode for the memory device, wherein the signaling is transmitted based at least in part on determining that the charge level of the energy source has reached or exceeded the threshold.
Claims30
A method, comprising:
- determining, by a host:
- that a charge level of an energy source coupled to the host has reached or exceeded a threshold value;
- and
- whether the energy source is a removable energy source;
- and
- transmitting, from the host to a memory device coupled to the host, signaling indicative of an energy mode for the memory device, wherein the signaling is transmitted based at least in part on determining that the charge level of the energy source has reached or exceeded the threshold and that the energy source is a removable energy source, wherein the signaling refrains from enabling a particular energy mode for the memory device when the energy source is a removable energy source.
A method, comprising:
- receiving, by a memory device from a host coupled to the memory device:
- signaling indicative of an energy mode for the memory device;
- and
- signaling indicative of whether an energy source is a removable energy source, wherein the signaling refrains from enabling a particular energy mode for the memory device if the energy source is a removable energy source;
- and
- determining, by the memory device, whether to perform one or more background operations based at least in part on the signaling received from the host.
A system, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a controller coupled to the processor, wherein at least one of the processor or controller is configured to determine:
- that a charge level of an energy source coupled with the processor has reached or exceeded a threshold value;
- and
- whether the energy source is a removable energy source;
- and
- an interface coupled with the controller and configured to transmit, to a memory device, signaling indicative of an energy mode for the memory device based at least in part on the processor or controller determining that the charge level of the energy source has reached or exceeded the threshold and whether the energy source is a removable energy source;
- and
- wherein the controller or processor is configured to refrain from enabling a particular energy mode for the memory device if the energy source is a removable energy source.
A memory device, comprising:
- an interface configured to receive signaling indicative of an energy mode for the memory device and whether the energy source is a removable energy source, wherein the signaling refrains from enabling a particular energy mode for the memory device if the energy source is a removable energy source;
- control circuitry coupled with the interface;
- and
- an array of nonvolatile memory cells;
- wherein the control circuitry is configured to determine whether to perform one or more background operations on the array of nonvolatile memory cells based at least in part on signaling indicative of the energy mode for the memory device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.