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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:
Mar. 31, 2026

Filed:

Jul. 08, 2024
Applicant:

Rambus Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Scott C. Best, Palo Alto, CA (US);

John Eric Linstadt, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Paul William Roukema, Waterloo, CA;

Assignee:

Rambus Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 29/00 (2006.01); G11C 5/04 (2006.01); G11C 11/401 (2006.01); G11C 29/02 (2006.01); G11C 29/44 (2006.01); G11C 29/52 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 29/4401 (2013.01); G11C 5/04 (2013.01); G11C 11/401 (2013.01); G11C 29/022 (2013.01); G11C 29/52 (2013.01); G11C 29/76 (2013.01); G11C 29/783 (2013.01); G11C 29/88 (2013.01); G11C 2029/4402 (2013.01);
Abstract

A buffer circuit is disclosed. The buffer circuit includes a command address (C/A) interface to receive an incoming activate (ACT) command and an incoming column address strobe (CAS) command. A first match circuit includes first storage to store failure row address information associated with the memory, and first compare logic. The first compare logic is responsive to the ACT command, to compare incoming row address information to the stored failure row address information. A second match circuit includes second storage to store failure column address information associated with the memory, and second compare logic. The second compare logic is responsive to the CAS command, to compare the incoming column address information to the stored failure column address information. Gating logic maintains a state of a matching row address identified by the first compare logic during the comparison carried out by the second compare logic.


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