Shifting data in sensing circuitry
AssigneeMicron Technology, Inc.
InventorsDaniel B. Penney, Harish N. Venkata, Guy S. Perry
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Abstract
The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods related to shifting data. An example apparatus comprises sensing circuitry including a sense amplifier and a compute component having a first storage location and a second storage location associated therewith. A controller is coupled to the sensing circuitry. The controller is configured to control an amount of power associated with shifting a data value stored in the first storage location to the second storage location by applying a charge sharing operation.
Claims31
An apparatus, comprising:
- sensing circuitry including a sense amplifier and a compute component having a first storage location and a second storage location associated therewith;
- and
- a controller coupled to the sensing circuitry, wherein the controller is configured to:
- control an amount of power associated with shifting a data value stored in the first storage location to the second storage location by applying a charge sharing operation.
An apparatus, comprising:
- sensing circuitry including a plurality of sense amplifiers and compute components, wherein the compute components each comprise a first storage location and a second storage location configured to store data values;
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- a clock coupled to the sensing circuitry, wherein the clock is configured to:
- control timing of a data shift operation associated with data values stored in the compute components by disabling, during a clock cycle, a power associated with the first storage location and a power associated with the second location such that a charge between the first storage location and the second storage location is shared.
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A method, comprising:
- moving a data value stored in sensing circuitry, the sensing circuitry including a sense amplifier and a compute component having a first storage location and a second storage location associated therewith,
- wherein moving the data value includes applying a charge sharing operation between the first storage location and the second storage location within the compute component.
A method, comprising:
- enabling a first shift signal while a second shift signal is disabled to shift a data value from a first storage location to a second storage location associated with a compute component of a sensing circuitry;
- disabling the first shift signal;
- enabling the second shift signal while the first shift signal is disabled to shift the data value from the second storage location to a third storage location,
- wherein the first storage location and the second storage location are associated with a first compute component and the third storage location is associated with a second compute component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.