摘要:
A transceiver architecture supports high-speed communication over a signal lane that extends between a high-performance integrated circuit (IC) and one or more relatively low-performance ICs employing less sophisticated transmitters and receivers. The architecture compensates for performance asymmetry between ICs communicating over a bidirectional lane by instantiating relatively complex transmit and receive equalization circuitry on the higher-performance side of the lane. Both the transmit and receive equalization filter coefficients in the higher-performance IC may be adaptively updated based upon the signal response at the receiver of the higher-performance IC.
摘要:
A transceiver architecture supports high-speed communication over a signal lane that extends between a high-performance integrated circuit (IC) and one or more relatively low-performance ICs employing less sophisticated transmitters and receivers. The architecture compensates for performance asymmetry between ICs communicating over a bidirectional lane by instantiating relatively complex transmit and receive equalization circuitry on the higher-performance side of the lane. Both the transmit and receive equalization filter coefficients in the higher-performance IC may be adaptively updated based upon the signal response at the receiver of the higher-performance IC.
摘要:
A transceiver architecture supports high-speed communication over a signal lane that extends between a high-performance integrated circuit (IC) and one or more relatively low-performance ICs employing less sophisticated transmitters and receivers. The architecture compensates for performance asymmetry between ICs communicating over a bidirectional lane by instantiating relatively complex transmit and receive equalization circuitry on the higher-performance side of the lane. Both the transmit and receive equalization filter coefficients in the higher-performance IC may be adaptively updated based upon the signal response at the receiver of the higher-performance IC.
摘要:
A transceiver architecture supports high-speed communication over a signal lane that extends between a high-performance integrated circuit (IC) and one or more relatively low-performance ICs employing less sophisticated transmitters and receivers. The architecture compensates for performance asymmetry between ICs communicating over a bidirectional lane by instantiating relatively complex transmit and receive equalization circuitry on the higher-performance side of the lane. Both the transmit and receive equalization filter coefficients in the higher-performance IC may be adaptively updated based upon the signal response at the receiver of the higher-performance IC.
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A system that adjusts the timing of write operations at a memory controller is described. This system operates by observing timing drift for read data at the memory controller, and then adjusting the timing of write operations at the memory controller based on the observed timing drift for the read data.
摘要:
A system that adjusts the timing of write operations at a memory controller is described. This system operates by observing timing drift for read data at the memory controller, and then adjusting the timing of write operations at the memory controller based on the observed timing drift for the read data.
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A bit slice circuit having transmit and receive modes of operation is described. The bit slice circuit comprises: first transmit circuitry and first receive circuitry operating in a first clock domain, wherein the first circuitry receives a first clock signal; second transmit circuitry and second receive circuitry operating in a second clock domain, wherein the second circuitry receives a second clock signal; transmit transition circuitry and receive transition circuitry, the transmit transition circuitry coupling the first transmit circuitry to the second transmit circuitry, the receive transition circuitry coupling the first receive circuitry to the second receive circuitry, wherein the transition circuitry receives the first and second clock signals; and a single phase mixer that generates the second clock signal, wherein the second clock signal has a first phase in the transmit mode of operation and second phase in the receive mode of operation.
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A memory system with a simultaneous bi-directional link includes a controller, a memory device and a set of signal lines coupled to the controller and the memory device. Simultaneous communication between the controller and the memory device on the set of signal lines uses a first band of frequencies, and between the memory device and the controller on the set of signal lines uses a second band of frequencies. The controller is configured to dynamically adjust the first band of frequencies based on a predetermined data rate between the controller and the memory device and to dynamically adjust the second band of frequencies based on a predetermined data rate between the memory device and the controller.
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An integrated circuit device (100) includes structures (104) that exhibit performance degradation as a function of use (e.g., accumulated defects within the tunneling oxide of a Flash memory cell, or trapped charge within a charge storage layer) and heating circuitry (101) disposed in proximity to the structures to heat the structures to a temperature that reverses the degradation. The word lines or the bit lines of the memory device are used as heating elements (107).
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In raised source/drain CMOS processing, the prior art problem of lateral epi growth on the gate stack interfering physically with the raised S/D structures and producing device characteristics that vary along the length of the gate and the problem of overetch of the STI oxide during the preclean step is solved by using a sacrificial nitride layer to block both the STI region and the gate stack, together with a process sequence in which the halo and extension implants are performed after the S/D implant anneal.