Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Rank select using a global select pin
- Patent Title (中): 使用全局选择引脚进行排序选择
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Application No.: US13109852Application Date: 2011-05-17
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Publication No.: US08111534B2Publication Date: 2012-02-07
- Inventor: Robert Walker
- Applicant: Robert Walker
- Applicant Address: US ID Boise
- Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US ID Boise
- Agency: Fletcher Yoder
- Main IPC: G11C5/00
- IPC: G11C5/00 ; G11C7/00 ; G11C8/00

Abstract:
Methods, memory devices, and systems are disclosed, such as those for accessing a memory circuit through the use of reduced external pins. With one such system, a single external pin receives a global memory select signal which transmits an access signal for one of a plurality of memory circuits in a system. The memory circuits may be stacked and may also be ranked memory circuits. The global memory select signal may be sent to a counter. Such a counter could count the length of time that the global memory select signal is active, and based on the counting, sends a count signal to a comparator. The comparator may compare the count signal with a programmed value to determine if a specific memory chip and/or port is to be accessed. This configuration may be duplicated over multiple ports on the same memory device, as well as across multiple memory ranks.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110216570A1 RANK SELECT USING A GLOBAL SELECT PIN Public/Granted day:2011-09-08
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