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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2019
Applicant:
Rambus Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Brian Hing-Kit Tsang, Fremont, CA (US);
Jared L. Zerbe, Woodside, CA (US);
Assignee:
Rambus Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/16 (2006.01); H03K 5/133 (2014.01); H03K 3/03 (2006.01); G11C 7/22 (2006.01); G11C 7/10 (2006.01); G06F 13/16 (2006.01); H03L 7/00 (2006.01); G11C 8/18 (2006.01); H03K 7/06 (2006.01); H01L 43/08 (2006.01); H03K 5/00 (2006.01); G11C 11/15 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 5/133 (2013.01); G06F 13/1689 (2013.01); G11C 7/10 (2013.01); G11C 7/1066 (2013.01); G11C 7/22 (2013.01); G11C 7/222 (2013.01); G11C 8/18 (2013.01); H03K 3/0315 (2013.01); H03K 7/06 (2013.01); H03L 7/00 (2013.01); G11C 11/15 (2013.01); G11C 11/16 (2013.01); H01L 43/08 (2013.01); H03K 2005/00019 (2013.01); Y02D 10/14 (2018.01);
Abstract
Methods and apparatuses for communicating information are described. In some embodiments, a first integrated circuit (IC) provides a clock signal and a data signal to a second IC, wherein the data bits of the data signal are timed according to the clock signal, and wherein the frequency of the clock signal is capable of being changed even when the data signal is valid.