Patent ID: 11907547
Assignee: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H  Y | IPC G  H

Claim 23:
24. The memory device of claim 23, wherein the memory device is connected to a signal line, wherein the signal line is connected to each memory device of the plurality of memory devices, and wherein the controller is further configured to cause the memory device to:
in response to determining that the memory device does not have the particular priority token:
determine whether any memory device of the plurality of memory devices has the particular priority token;
in response to determining that at least one memory device of the plurality of memory devices has the particular priority token:
determine whether the memory device has the lesser priority token;
in response to determining that the memory device has the lesser priority token:
determine whether there is sufficient available current budget to initiate the next phase of the access operation in a selected operating mode;
in response to determining that there is sufficient available current budget to initiate the next phase of the access operation in the selected operating mode, broadcast an expected peak current magnitude for the selected operating mode and the lesser priority token to remaining memory devices of the plurality of memory devices; and
in response to determining that there is insufficient available current budget to initiate the next phase of the access operation in the selected operating mode:
determine whether there is sufficient available current budget to initiate the next phase of the access operation in a selected operating mode if each memory device of the plurality of memory devices having the particular priority token is deemed to be idle;
in response to determining that there is sufficient available current budget to initiate the next phase of the access operation in the selected operating mode if each memory device of the plurality of memory devices having the particular priority token is deemed to be idle, broadcast an expected peak current magnitude for the selected operating mode and the lesser priority token to remaining memory devices of the plurality of memory devices; and
in response to determining that there is insufficient available current budget to initiate the next phase of the access operation in the selected operating mode if each memory device of the plurality of memory devices having the particular priority token is deemed to be idle, broadcast the expected peak current magnitude for an idle memory device and the lesser priority token to the remaining memory devices of the plurality of memory devices.