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US 11,886,279 B2Granted
Retrieval of log information from a memory device
AssigneeMicron Technology, Inc.
InventorShawn Storm
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Abstract
Information corresponding to a health of a memory device or a functional state of the memory device, or both, is written to the memory device. Radio frequency (RF) signaling is used to provide power to certain components of the memory device. Information corresponding to the health of the memory device or the functional state of the memory device, or both, is retrieved from the memory device over-the-air in response to the RF signaling.
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A method, comprising:
- writing, to a memory resource of a memory device, information corresponding to a health of the memory device or a functional state of the memory device, or both;
- receiving, by logic circuitry coupled to the memory resource, radio frequency (RF) signaling from circuitry external to the memory device to provide power to the logic circuitry;
- transferring, in response to the RF signaling, the information corresponding to the health of the memory device or the functional state of the memory device, or both, to the circuitry external to the memory device;
- wherein the information corresponding to the health of the memory device or the functional state of the memory device, or both, is written to the memory resource periodically while overwriting information corresponding to the health of the memory device or the functional state of the memory device, or both, that was previously written to the memory resource of the memory device;
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- receiving the RF signaling from the circuitry external to the memory device to provide power to the logic circuitry subsequent to a determination that the memory device has experienced a failure that renders the memory device inoperable, or
- transferring the information corresponding to the health of the memory device or the functional state of the memory device, or both, to the circuitry external to the memory device subsequent to the determination that the memory device has experienced the failure that renders the memory device inoperable.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a memory resource resident on a memory device;
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- logic circuitry resident on the memory device and coupled to the memory resource, wherein the logic circuitry is configured to:
- control writing of information corresponding to a health of the memory device or a functional state of the memory device, or both to the memory resource;
- receive radio frequency (RF) signaling from circuitry external to the memory device to provide power to the logic circuitry;
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- cause the information corresponding to the health of the memory device or the functional state of the memory device, or both, to be transferred to the circuitry external to the memory device in response to receipt of the RF signaling;
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- wherein the logic circuitry is configured to receive the RF signaling from the circuitry external to the memory device to provide power to the logic circuitry and cause the information corresponding to the health of the memory device or the functional state of the memory device, or both, to be transferred to the circuitry external to the memory device after the memory device has experienced a fault condition.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a radio frequency (RF) signal generation device;
- a memory component;
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- a processor resident on the RF signal generation device and coupled to the memory component, wherein the processor is configured to:
- cause signaling generated by the RF signal generation device to be applied to a memory device external to the apparatus, the signaling to provide power to logic circuitry and a memory resource associated with the memory device such that the logic circuitry and the memory resource associated with the memory device draw power from the signaling;
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- cause information corresponding to a health of the memory device or a functional state of the memory device, or both, to be retrieved from the memory resource of the memory device over-the-air;
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- wherein the processor is configured to cause the signaling generated by the RF signal generation device to be applied to the memory device external to the apparatus, and cause information corresponding to the health of the memory device or the functional state of the memory device, or both, to be retrieved from the memory resource after the memory device has experienced a fault condition.
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A system, comprising:
- a memory device comprising logic circuitry coupled to a memory resource;
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- a radio frequency (RF) generation device comprising a memory component and a processor, the RF generation device communicatively couplable to the memory device, wherein:
- the logic circuitry is configured to:
- control writing of information corresponding to a health of the memory device or a functional state of the memory device, or both to the memory resource;
- receive RF signaling from the RF generation device to provide power to the logic circuitry;
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- cause the information corresponding to the health of the memory device or the functional state of the memory device, or both, to be transferred to the memory component of the RF generation device, and wherein:
- the processor is configured to:
- control generation of the RF signaling to provide the power to the logic circuitry;
- control receipt of the information corresponding to the health of the memory device or the functional state of the memory device, or both;
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- control performance of an operation using the information corresponding to the health of the memory device or the functional state of the memory device, or both, to determine conditions experienced by the memory device;
- wherein the information corresponding to the health of the memory device or the functional state of the memory device, or both, is written to the memory resource periodically while overwriting information corresponding to the health of the memory device or the functional state of the memory device, or both, that was previously written to the memory resource of the memory device;
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- receiving the RF signaling from a circuitry external to the memory device to provide power to the logic circuitry subsequent to a determination that the memory device has experienced a failure that renders the memory device inoperable, or
- transferring the information corresponding to the health of the memory device or the functional state of the memory device, or both, to the circuitry external to the memory device subsequent to the determination that the memory device has experienced the failure that renders the memory device inoperable.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.