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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2023
Sandisk Technologies, Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);
Amir Segev, Meiter, IL;
Shay Benisty, Beer Sheva, IL;
Sandisk Technologies, Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
Instead of entering lanes into an unused power state, enter unactive lanes into an unconnected power state to save more current during low power states. Using a small control logic will allow a controller to control unactive lanes in low power mode. When a lane is in an unactive power state or in an unused power state, an unactive lane controller (ULC) uses side-band signaling to place the unactive lane into either unused power state or unconnected power state. When a lane is in unused power state, then the ULC places the lane in unconnected power state. A single ULC is able to controller multiple lanes or you can have multiple ULC's, each controlling a single lane.