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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2019

Filed:

Jul. 07, 2016
Applicant:

Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

David West, San Diego, CA (US);

Vaishnav Srinivas, San Diego, CA (US);

Michael Brunolli, Escondido, CA (US);

Jungwon Suh, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/16 (2006.01); G06F 13/40 (2006.01); G11C 7/22 (2006.01); H03L 7/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/1689 (2013.01); G06F 13/4068 (2013.01); G11C 7/222 (2013.01); H03L 7/0807 (2013.01); G06F 2213/0038 (2013.01); Y02D 10/14 (2018.01); Y02D 10/151 (2018.01);
Abstract

Methods, apparatus, and system for use in adaptive communication interfaces are disclosed. An adaptive communication interface is provided, in which a high-speed clock provided in a high-speed mode of operation is suppressed in a low-power mode of operation. In the low-power mode of operation, a low-speed command clock is used for data transfers between a memory device and a system-on-chip, applications processor or other device. A method for operating the adaptive communication interface may include using a first clock signal to control transmissions of commands to a memory device over a command bus. In a first mode of operation, the first clock signal controls data transmissions over the adaptive communication interface. In a second mode of operation, the second clock signal controls data transmissions over the adaptive communication interface. The frequency of the second clock signal may be greater than the frequency of the first clock signal.


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