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- Patent Title: Apparatus, method and system for providing termination for multiple chips of an integrated circuit package
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Application No.: US16177284Application Date: 2018-10-31
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Publication No.: US10943640B2Publication Date: 2021-03-09
- Inventor: Kuljit S. Bains , George Vergis , James A. McCall , Ge Chang
- Applicant: Intel Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Compass IP Law, PC
- Main IPC: G06F12/00
- IPC: G06F12/00 ; G11C11/4074 ; G06F3/06 ; G11C7/10 ; G11C8/06 ; G06F13/16 ; G11C11/408

Abstract:
Techniques and mechanisms for providing termination for a plurality of chips of a memory device. In an embodiment, a memory device is an integrated circuit (IC) package which includes a command and address bus and a plurality of memory chips each coupled thereto. Of the plurality of memory chips, only a first memory chip is operable to selectively provide termination to the command and address bus. Of the respective on-die termination control circuits of the plurality of memory chips, only the on-die termination control circuit of the first memory chip is coupled via any termination control signal line to any input/output (I/O) contact of the IC package. In another embodiment, the plurality of memory chips are configured in a series with one another, and wherein the first memory chip is located at an end of the series.
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