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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2009
Applicants:
Benjamin a Fox, Rochester, MN (US);
William P Hovis, Rochester, MN (US);
Thomas W Liang, Rochester, MN (US);
Paul Rudrud, Rochester, MN (US);
Inventors:
Benjamin A Fox, Rochester, MN (US);
William P Hovis, Rochester, MN (US);
Thomas W Liang, Rochester, MN (US);
Paul Rudrud, Rochester, MN (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 5/14 (2006.01); G11C 7/00 (2006.01); G11C 8/16 (2006.01); H03K 17/16 (2006.01); H03K 19/094 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A memory device and memory controller are coupled during driver training to reduce mismatches. The impedances of the system are controlled through a termination at the memory device to yield improvements in timing margins. The coupling of the components on a shared electrical bus through adjustment of the termination values during training removes known offset issues.