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Method, apparatus and system for exchanging communications via a command/address bus

US8972685B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 21, 2012
Grant dateMar 3, 2015
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Expiry dateJul 2, 2033

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11C11/4093
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Techniques and mechanisms for exchanging information from a memory controller to a memory device via a command/address bus. In an embodiment, the memory device samples a first portion of a command during a first sample period and samples a second portion of the command during a second sample period, the first portion and second portion exchanged via the command/address bus. The first sample period and the second sample period are concurrent with, respectively, a first transition of a clock signal and a second transition of the clock signal. In another embodiment, a mode of the memory device determines a relationship between the first transition and the second transition.

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