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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2024
Applicant:
Lodestar Licensing Group Llc, Evanston, IL (US);
Inventors:
Dean D. Gans, Nampa, ID (US);
John D. Porter, Boise, ID (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 13/16 (2006.01); G11C 11/4074 (2006.01); G11C 11/4076 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/4076 (2013.01); G06F 3/0604 (2013.01); G06F 3/0659 (2013.01); G06F 3/0673 (2013.01); G06F 13/1689 (2013.01); G11C 11/4074 (2013.01);
Abstract
Apparatuses and methods for input receiver circuits and receiver masks for electronic memory are disclosed. Embodiments of the disclosure include memory receiver masks having shapes other than rectangular shapes. For example, a receiver mask according to some embodiments of the disclosure may have a hexagonal shape. Other shapes of receiver masks may also be included in other embodiments of the disclosure. Circuits, timing, and operating parameters for achieving non-rectangular and various shapes of receiver mask are described.