Memory device commands

US7454586B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Intel Corporation · US

Inventors

• Jun Shi · San Jose, US
• Sandeep Jain · Milpitas, US
• Animesh Mishra · Pleasanton, US
• Kuljit S. Bains · DuPont, US
• David Wyatt · San Jose, US
• Thomas Dean Skelton · San Jose, US
• Bill Nale · Livermore, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 30, 2005
• Grant date: Nov 18, 2008
• Expiry date: Mar 18, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G11C11/4076
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Data regarding physical parameters and security and commands to send such data can be communicated between a memory device and a memory controller using a memory bus connected between the two. In one embodiment, the invention includes receiving a first command at a memory device on a memory bus, the first command being other than a read or write command, and receiving a second command together with the first command, the second command to be initiated using lines that are not used by the first command.