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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:
Jan. 10, 2006

Filed:

Sep. 30, 2002
Applicants:

Torsten Partsch, Chapel Hill, NC (US);

Jennifer Huckaby, Raleigh, NC (US);

Johnathan T. Edmonds, Cary, NC (US);

Tao Tian, Raleigh, NC (US);

Inventors:

Torsten Partsch, Chapel Hill, NC (US);

Jennifer Huckaby, Raleigh, NC (US);

Johnathan T. Edmonds, Cary, NC (US);

Tao Tian, Raleigh, NC (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 8/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The present invention relates to a memory system including an external clock and a memory chip connected to the external clock. The external clock generates an operating signal at an operating frequency that controls at least one electrical component of the memory system. The memory chip includes a frequency detector that detects at least a range of frequency values for the operating frequency. Further, the frequency detector includes a reference frequency generator that generates a reference signal at a reference frequency.


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