Patent ID: 11901019
Assignee: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 9:
10. A method, comprising:
performing a read operation by each of a plurality of sense amplifiers on a plurality of memory cells;
storing results of the read operation by each of the sense amplifiers in a corresponding set of internal data latches;
performing, within the corresponding set of internal data latches, a data compression operation of the results of the read operations by each of the sense amplifiers;
transferring the compressed results of the read operation from each of the set of internal data latches to a corresponding set of transfer data latches;
compacting the compressed results of the read operation from the sets of transfer data latches into a smaller number of the sets of transfer latches; and
transferring the compacted compressed results of the read operations from the sets of internal data latches to an input-output interface.