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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:
Jul. 29, 2025

Filed:

Sep. 19, 2022
Applicant:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;

Inventor:

Young-Jin Jeon, Suwon-si, KR;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G11C 7/10 (2006.01); G11C 7/22 (2006.01); G11C 8/06 (2006.01); G11C 8/18 (2006.01); G11C 11/4076 (2006.01); G11C 11/408 (2006.01); G11C 11/409 (2006.01); G11C 11/4093 (2006.01); G11C 11/4096 (2006.01); G11C 29/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0614 (2013.01); G06F 3/0629 (2013.01); G06F 3/0659 (2013.01); G06F 3/0673 (2013.01); G11C 7/1072 (2013.01); G11C 7/22 (2013.01); G11C 7/222 (2013.01); G11C 8/06 (2013.01); G11C 8/18 (2013.01); G11C 11/4076 (2013.01); G11C 11/4082 (2013.01); G11C 11/4087 (2013.01); G11C 11/409 (2013.01); G11C 11/4093 (2013.01); G11C 11/4096 (2013.01); G11C 29/023 (2013.01); G11C 29/028 (2013.01); G11C 2207/2254 (2013.01);
Abstract

During a command/address calibration mode, a memory controller may transmit multiple cycles of test patterns as signals to a memory device. Each cycle of test pattern signals may be transmitted at an adjusted relative phase with respect to a clock also transmitted to the memory device. The memory device may input the test pattern signals at a timing determined by the clock, such as rising and/or falling edges of the clock. The test pattern as input by the memory device may be sent to the memory controller to determine if the test pattern was successfully transmitted to the memory device during the cycle. Multiple cycles of test pattern transmissions are evaluated to determine a relative phase of command/address signals with respect to the clock for transmission during operation of the system.


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