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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:
Jul. 29, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2006
Applicant:
Jong-hoon OH, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Inventor:
Jong-Hoon Oh, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Assignee:
Qimonda North America Corp., Cary, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Apparatus and methods for communicating command and address inputs to a memory device. In one embodiment, a memory device includes a shared bus interface defined by a portion of pins from a command bus interface and a portion of pins from an address bus interface. Each portion of pins is configured to receive address and command inputs, depending a given command/address combination being asserted by a memory controller.