Serial memory device alert of an external host to completion of an internally self-timed operation
US9852090B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 16, 2014 |
| Grant date | Dec 26, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 21, 2035 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11C2013/0073
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method of performing an active polling operation can include: (i) detecting a self-timed operation that is to be executed on a serial memory device; (ii) determining if an active polling mode has been enabled; (iii) determining when the self-timed operation has completed execution on the serial memory device; and (iv) providing a completion indication external to the serial memory device when the self-timed operation has completed execution and the active polling mode is enabled.
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