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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:
Nov. 19, 2024

Filed:

May. 26, 2023
Applicant:

Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);

Inventors:

Peter Mayer, Neubiberg, DE;

Wolfgang Anton Spirkl, Germering, DE;

Michael Dieter Richter, Ottobrunn, DE;

Martin Brox, Munich, DE;

Thomas Hein, Munich, DE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/22 (2006.01); G11C 5/14 (2006.01); G11C 7/10 (2006.01); G11C 11/22 (2006.01); G11C 11/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 5/147 (2013.01); G11C 5/148 (2013.01); G11C 7/1063 (2013.01); G11C 7/1069 (2013.01); G11C 7/109 (2013.01); G11C 7/1096 (2013.01); G11C 11/221 (2013.01); G11C 11/2273 (2013.01); G11C 11/56 (2013.01); G11C 11/5657 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods, systems, and devices for drive strength calibration for multi-level signaling are described. A driver may be configured to have an initial drive strength and to drive an output pin of a transmitting device toward an intermediate voltage level of a multi-level modulation scheme, where the output pin is coupled with a receiving device via a channel. The receiving device may generate, and the transmitting device may receive, a feedback signal indicating a relationship between the resulting voltage of the channel and an value for the intermediate voltage level. The transmitting device may determine and configure the driver to use an adjusted drive strength for the intermediate voltage level based on the feedback signal. The driver may be calibrated (e.g., independently) for each intermediate voltage level of the multi-level modulation scheme. Further, the driver may be calibrated for the associated channel.


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