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US 2018/0294021 A1Published application
Shifting data
AssigneeMicron Technology, Inc.
InventorGlen E. Hush
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Abstract
The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods related to shifting data. A number of embodiments of the present disclosure include an apparatus comprising a shift register comprising an initial stage and a final stage. The shift register may be configured such that a clock signal may be initiated at the final stage of the shift register.
Claims21
1-20. (canceled)
An apparatus, comprising:
- a shift register comprising:
- an initial stage corresponding to a first storage location of the shift register and located at a first end of the shift register;
- and
- a final stage corresponding to a final storage location of the shift register and located at a second end of the shift register, the first end of the shift register and the second end of the shift register being disposed at opposite ends of the shift register, wherein the shift register is configured to send a data value stored in the final stage directly to the initial stage.
1 more element
A system, comprising:
- an array of memory cells;
- sensing circuitry coupled to the array and comprising a shift register;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- cause data stored in the shift register to be shifted from an initial stage corresponding to a first storage location of the shift register to a second stage;
- cause data stored in the second stage to be shifted to a final stage corresponding to a final storage location of the shift register, wherein the initial stage and the final stage are located at opposite ends of the shift register;
- and
- cause data stored in the final stage to be shifted directly to the initial stage, wherein the initial stage is at a first end of the shift register and the final stage is at a second end of the shift register.
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A method, comprising:
- shifting data stored in a shift register according to a clock signal;
- and
- performing a rotate operation to shift the data directly from an initial stage corresponding to a first storage location of the shift register and located at a first end of the shift register to a final stage corresponding to a final storage location of the shift register and located at a second end of the shift register, wherein the first end of the shift register and the second end of the shift register are at opposite ends of the shift register.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.