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- Patent Title: Effective clamshell mirroring for memory interfaces
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Application No.: US15253415Application Date: 2016-08-31
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Publication No.: US09773543B1Publication Date: 2017-09-26
- Inventor: Austin S. Tavares , Maria George
- Applicant: Xilinx, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: XILINX, INC.
- Current Assignee: XILINX, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Main IPC: G11C5/06
- IPC: G11C5/06 ; G11C11/408 ; G11C11/4072

Abstract:
Methods and apparatus are described for pinning out multiple memory devices using shared conductors therebetween and providing multiple chip select signals to indicate to which of the memory devices address signals on the shared conductors apply. In the case of a clamshell configuration with a top memory device having a corresponding bottom memory device and shared vias coupled therebetween, sharing two address signals for each shared via in this manner reduces the total number of vias used, thereby reducing routing congestion and enabling the addition of ground vias around the shared vias to reduce crosstalk for the address signals.
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