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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2020
Applicant:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Inventor:
David D. Wilmoth, Fairview, TX (US);
Assignee:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/22 (2006.01); G11C 7/10 (2006.01); G11C 11/4076 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/222 (2013.01); G11C 7/1066 (2013.01); G11C 7/1093 (2013.01); G11C 11/4076 (2013.01); G11C 2207/2254 (2013.01);
Abstract
Devices and methods include transmitting loopback signals for monitoring operation of a plurality of memory devices. In some embodiments, a first memory device may transmit a loopback strobe signal based at least in part on a strobe signal for the first memory device. In certain embodiments, a frequency of the loopback strobe signal is a fraction of the frequency of the strobe signal. In some embodiments, the first memory device may transmit a loopback data signal based at least in part on the strobe signal, wherein a frequency of the loopback strobe signal is the fraction of the frequency of the strobe signal.