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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2010
Philip Arnold Ferolito, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Daniel L. Rosenband, Cambridge, MA (US);
David T. Wang, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Michael John Sebastian Smith, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Philip Arnold Ferolito, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Daniel L. Rosenband, Cambridge, MA (US);
David T. Wang, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Michael John Sebastian Smith, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems, methods, and apparatus, including computer program products, for providing termination resistance in a memory module are provided. An apparatus is provided that includes a plurality of memory circuits; an interface circuit operable to communicate with the plurality of memory circuits and to communicate with a memory controller; and a transmission line electrically coupling the interface circuit to a memory controller, wherein the interface circuit is operable to terminate the transmission line with a single termination resistance that is selected based on a plurality of resistance-setting commands received from the memory controller.