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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2024
Applicant:
Lodestar Licensing Group Llc, Evanston, IL (US);
Inventor:
Kang-Yong Kim, Boise, ID (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/10 (2006.01); G11C 8/10 (2006.01); G11C 8/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/1084 (2013.01); G11C 7/1057 (2013.01); G11C 7/106 (2013.01); G11C 7/1087 (2013.01); G11C 8/10 (2013.01); G11C 8/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
Multilevel command and address (CA) signals are used to provide commands and memory addresses from a controller to a memory system. Using multilevel signals CA signals may allow for using fewer signals compared to binary signals to represent a same number of commands and/or address space, or using a same number of multilevel CA signals to represent a larger number of commands and/or address space. A number of external command/address terminals may be reduced without reducing a set of commands and/or address space. Alternatively, a number of external terminals may be maintained, but provide for an expanded set of commands and/or address space.