ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,438,560, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, Idaho).
"Filler symbols for data bursts" was invented by Praveen Gurrala (Boise, Idaho), Bryan D. Butler (Boise, Idaho) and John Todd Elson (Boise, Idaho).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, and devices for filler symbols for data bursts are described. A memory device may insert filler symbols into a stream of data symbols. For example, after transmitting a last data symbol of a data burst, a device may insert one or more filler symbols to maintain an active data burst. The device may randomize the transmission of filler symbols within the data burst. In...