Memory device and method for temperature-based control over write and/or read operations
First Claim
1. A method for temperature-based control over a write operation to a memory array, the method comprising:
- (a) monitoring temperature of a memory array; and
(b) preventing a write operation to the memory array in response to the monitored temperature reaching a threshold temperature.
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Abstract
The preferred embodiments described herein provide a memory device and method for temperature-based control over write and/or read operations. In one preferred embodiment, the temperature of a memory array is monitored, and a write operation to the memory array is prevented in response to the monitored temperature reaching a threshold temperature. In another preferred embodiment, the temperature of a memory array is monitored, and a read operation from the memory array is prevented in response to the monitored temperature reaching a threshold temperature. Other preferred embodiments are provided, and each of the preferred embodiments can be used alone or in combination with one another.
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46 Claims
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1. A method for temperature-based control over a write operation to a memory array, the method comprising:
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(a) monitoring temperature of a memory array; and
(b) preventing a write operation to the memory array in response to the monitored temperature reaching a threshold temperature. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 45, 46)
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18. A method for temperature-based control over a read operation from a memory array, the method comprising:
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(a) monitoring temperature of a memory array; and
(b) preventing a read operation from the memory array in response to the monitored temperature reaching a threshold temperature. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A memory device comprising:
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a memory array;
a temperature sensor; and
write operation control circuitry coupled with the memory array and the temperature sensor and operative to prevent a write operation to the memory array in response to a temperature sensed by the temperature sensor reaching a threshold temperature. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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