- Patent Title: Apparatus for impedance adjustment and methods of their operation
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Application No.: US15444980Application Date: 2017-02-28
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Publication No.: US09972363B2Publication Date: 2018-05-15
- Inventor: Qiang Tang
- Applicant: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
- Applicant Address: US ID Boise
- Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US ID Boise
- Agency: Dicke, Billig & Czaja, PLLC
- Main IPC: G11C5/14
- IPC: G11C5/14 ; G06F13/40 ; H03K19/00 ; H03K19/0175

Abstract:
Apparatus include a data bus and a signal driver circuit having pluralities of first and second termination devices connected in parallel between a voltage node and an output node. Each of the termination devices is configured to be deactivated in response to control signals having a particular set of logic levels, and to be activated in response to control signals having a set of logic levels other than the particular set of logic levels. Activated second termination devices each exhibit respective resistances greater than a particular resistance of each activated first termination device. Methods include connecting a node of an apparatus to a first voltage node through a reference resistance, connecting the node to a second voltage node through a termination device, and comparing a resulting voltage level to a reference voltage different than half-way between voltage levels of the first and second voltage nodes.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170169863A1 APPARATUS FOR IMPEDANCE ADJUSTMENT AND METHODS OF THEIR OPERATION Public/Granted day:2017-06-15
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