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Semiconductor memory module, memory system, circuit, semiconductor device, and DIMM

US7095661B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 23, 2004
Grant dateAug 22, 2006
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Expiry dateDec 23, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11C11/401
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

There is the problem that since C/A signals in a DIMM are distributed to respective DRAMs through a register in the DIMM and DQ signals are wired directly from terminals in the DIMM, their timing is difficult to synchronize. The register for speeding up the C/A signals of the DIMM that operates with high speed is provided, and a wiring from the register is set to a daisy-chain wiring. Then, by a timing adjustment circuit provided in the DRAM, a wiring delay time difference between the C/A signals and the clock signals, which are different depending on positions of the DRAMs, is such that the sum of a delay time from the register to each DRAM and a delay amount due to the timing adjustment circuit is made equal to a delay time of the farthest DRAM.

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