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- 专利标题: Calibration methods and circuits to calibrate drive current and termination impedance
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申请号: US13626555申请日: 2012-09-25
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公开(公告)号: US09191243B2公开(公告)日: 2015-11-17
- 发明人: Huy M. Nguyen , Vijay Gadde , Benedict Lau
- 申请人: Huy M. Nguyen , Vijay Gadde , Benedict Lau
- 申请人地址: US CA Sunnyvale
- 专利权人: Rambus Inc.
- 当前专利权人: Rambus Inc.
- 当前专利权人地址: US CA Sunnyvale
- 代理机构: Silicon Edge Law Group LLP
- 代理商 Arthur J. Behiel
- 主分类号: H03K19/003
- IPC分类号: H03K19/003 ; H04L25/02 ; H03K19/00 ; H03K19/01
摘要:
Described are on-die termination (ODT) systems and methods that facilitate high-speed communication between a driver die and a receiver die interconnected via one or more signal transmission lines. An ODT control system in accordance with one embodiment calibrates and maintains termination resistances and drive currents to produce optimal output swing voltages. Comparison circuitry employed to calibrate the reference resistance is also used to calibrate the drive current. Termination elements in some embodiments are divided into two adjustable resistive portions, both of which are designed to minimize capacitive loading. One portion is optimized to produce a relatively high range of adjustment, while the other is optimized for fine-tuning and glitch-free switching.
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