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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2017
Applicant:
Rambus Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Pravin Kumar Venkatesan, Fremont, CA (US);
Liji Gopalakrishnan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Kashinath Prabhu, Bangalore, IN;
Makarand Shirasgaonkar, Bangalore, IN;
Assignee:
Rambus Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/1668 (2013.01); Y02D 10/14 (2018.01);
Abstract
A transmitter is coupled to a command and address (CA) bus. The transmitter is configurable with dual-mode support to send commands over the CA bus in a first swing mode and a second swing mode. The transmitter is configurable to send a first command over the CA bus via the pins while in the first swing mode, initiate calibration of the master device to send commands over the CA bus in the second swing mode, and to send a second command over the CA bus via the pins while in the second swing mode.