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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael Farmwald, Berkeley, CA (US);
Mark Horowitz, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Rambus Inc., Los Altos, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/200 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/200 ;
Abstract
A memory device and a method of operation of the memory device. The memory device includes an array of memory cells and a reference voltage input terminal to receive an external reference voltage. In addition, the memory device includes an input receiver, coupled to the reference voltage input terminal, to sample data from an external signal line using the external reference voltage.