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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:
Dec. 20, 2016

Filed:

May. 15, 2014
Applicant:

Marvell World Trade Ltd., St. Michael, BB;

Inventors:

Jun Zhu, San Jose, CA (US);

Joseph Jun Cao, Los Gatos, CA (US);

Shawn Chen, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

MARVELL WORLD TRADE LTD., St. Michael, BB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/16 (2006.01); G11C 7/10 (2006.01); G11C 7/02 (2006.01); G11C 11/4076 (2006.01); G11C 29/02 (2006.01); G11C 11/4096 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/1689 (2013.01); G11C 7/02 (2013.01); G11C 7/1072 (2013.01); G11C 11/4076 (2013.01); G11C 29/023 (2013.01); G11C 29/028 (2013.01); G11C 11/4096 (2013.01); G11C 2207/2254 (2013.01); G11C 2207/2281 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods for timing read operations with a memory device are provided. A timing signal from the memory device is received at a gating circuit. The timing signal is passed through as a filtered timing signal during a gating window. The gating circuit is configured to open the gating window based on a control signal. The gating circuit is further configured to close the gating window based on a first edge of the timing signal. The first edge is determined based on a counter that is triggered to begin counting by the control signal. At a timing control circuit, the control signal is generated based on i) a count signal from the counter, and ii) a second edge of the timing signal that precedes the first edge in time.


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