Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Memory systems and devices that support clock-to-clock alignment, training and methods of operating same
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Application No.: US16045887Application Date: 2018-07-26
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Publication No.: US10593382B2Publication Date: 2020-03-17
- Inventor: Dong-Seok Kang , Byung-Chul Kim
- Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: KR
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR
- Agency: Myers Bigel, P.A.
- Priority: KR10-2017-0166193 20171205
- Main IPC: G11C7/22
- IPC: G11C7/22 ; G06F3/06 ; G11C7/10 ; H03L7/00

Abstract:
A memory device performs first training including a plurality of loop operations to align a main clock signal and a data clock signal, which are received from a memory controller. A method of operating the memory device includes generating division ratio information indicating a division ratio set based on a frequency ratio of the main clock signal to the data clock signal and transmitting the division ratio information to the memory controller to perform the first training. A first loop operation includes: receiving first phase control information, which is generated based on the division ratio information, from the memory controller, dividing the data clock signal based on the division ratio to generate a division data clock signal, selecting a first phase from among a plurality of phases based on the first phase control information, generating a first comparison target clock signal that is shifted from the division data clock signal by the first phase, comparing a phase of the first comparison target clock signal with a phase of the main clock signal, and transmitting a first phase comparison result to the memory controller.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190172509A1 MEMORY SYSTEMS AND DEVICES THAT SUPPORT CLOCK-TO-CLOCK ALIGNMENT, TRAINING AND METHODS OF OPERATING SAME Public/Granted day:2019-06-06
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