Supporting calibration for sub-rate operation in clocked memory systems

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9349422
APP PUB NO 20150310903A1
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14687739

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The disclosed embodiments related to a clocked memory system which performs a calibration operation at a full-rate frequency to determine a full-rate calibration state that specifies a delay between a clock signal and a corresponding data signal in the clocked memory system. Next, the clocked memory system uses the full-rate calibration state to calculate a sub-rate calibration state, which is associated with a sub-rate frequency (e.g., ½, ¼ or ⅛ of the full-rate frequency). The system then uses this sub-rate calibration state when the clocked memory system is operating at the sub-rate frequency. This calculation of the sub-rate state calibration states eliminates the need to perform an additional time-consuming calibration operation for each sub-rate.

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  • RAMBUS INC.

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Bansal, Akash Santa Clara, US 53 547
Bystrom, Todd Los Altos, US 7 90
Frans, Yohan U Palo Alto, US 25 536
Kasamsetty, Kishore V Cupertino, US 2 7
Li, Simon Cupertino, US 34 320
Vaidyanath, Arun San Jose, US 11 76

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