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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2009
Setting memory device vref in a memory controller and memory device interface in a communication bus
Benjamin a Fox, Rochester, MN (US);
William P Hovis, Rochester, MN (US);
Thomas W Liang, Rochester, MN (US);
Paul Rudrud, Rochester, MN (US);
Benjamin A Fox, Rochester, MN (US);
William P Hovis, Rochester, MN (US);
Thomas W Liang, Rochester, MN (US);
Paul Rudrud, Rochester, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A memory device is connected through an interface to a memory controller. The memory device's reference voltage is set based on a driver's impedance of the memory device and the controller driver drive strength during driver training. The voltage is applied to a reference resistor pair at the memory device and changed until the voltage level switches. The voltage is then set at the reference resistor pair of the memory device.