{"schema_version":"1.0","canonical_url":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-11996135","patent":{"patent_number":"US-11996135","title":"Memory devices and systems configured to communicate a delay signal and methods for operating the same","assignee":null,"inventors":[],"filing_date":"2021-12-07T00:00:00.000Z","publication_date":"2024-05-28T00:00:00.000Z","cpc_codes":["G11C","G06F","G06F","G06F","G06F","G11C","G11C","G06F"],"num_claims":21,"abstract":"Memory devices, systems including memory devices, and methods of operating memory devices are described in which waterfall attacks can be prevented from degrading data by alerting a memory controller that the memory device requests time to perform internal management operations, and should not be sent any further commands (e.g., activate commands) for a predetermined amount of time. In one embodiment, a memory device includes an external pin, a mode register, a memory array including a plurality of rows of memory cells, and circuitry configured to: determine that a criterion to perform an internal management operation on a subset of the plurality of rows has been met, transmit, in response to determining the criterion has been met, a signal to the external pin, determine a duration corresponding to the internal management operation, and write a bit value indicative of the determined duration to the mode register."},"analysis":{"summary":null,"layman_explanation":null,"technical_analysis":null,"business_analysis":null,"faqs":null,"topics":[],"tech_cluster":null},"seo":{"title":"Memory devices and systems configured to communicate a delay signal and methods for operating the same","description":"Memory devices, systems including memory devices, and methods of operating memory devices are described in which waterfall attacks can be prevented from degrading data by alerting a memory controller ","keywords":[]},"attribution":{"source":"Patentable","source_url":"https://patentable.app","canonical_url":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-11996135","license":"CC-BY-4.0-like","license_terms":"AI-generated analysis on this page (summary, layman_explanation, technical_analysis, business_analysis, faqs) may be reused with attribution and a visible link back to the canonical URL above. Patent abstracts, claims, and bibliographic data are USPTO public domain.","required_link":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-11996135","citation_suggestion":"Patentable. \"Memory devices and systems configured to communicate a delay signal and methods for operating the same\" (US-11996135). https://patentable.app/patents/US-11996135","copyright_holder":"Nomic Interactive Technology LLC"},"links":{"html":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-11996135","json":"https://patentable.app/api/llm-context/US-11996135","site":"https://patentable.app","llms_txt":"https://patentable.app/llms.txt"},"generated_at":"2026-05-31T04:20:17.913Z"}