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Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2025

Filed:

Apr. 28, 2022
Applicant:

Sandisk Technologies Llc, Addison, TX (US);

Inventors:

Hua-Ling Cynthia Hsu, Fremont, CA (US);

Fanglin Zhang, Fremont, CA (US);

Assignee:

SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC, Addison, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 13/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0659 (2013.01); G06F 3/061 (2013.01); G06F 3/0679 (2013.01); G06F 13/1668 (2013.01);
Abstract

A command/address sequence associated with a read/write operation for a memory device that utilizes an existing test data bus in a novel way that obviates the need to utilize an I/O bus for the command/address sequence. As such, the command/address sequence can be performed in parallel with the read/write operations, thereby removing a performance bottleneck that would otherwise be caused by the command and address sequencing. The command/address sequence detects a first enable signal and a data signal on the test data bus and decodes the data signal to obtain at least one of a command latch enable signal and address latch enable signal and at least one of a command code and an address code.


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