Apparatuses and methods for asymmetric bi-directional signaling incorporating multi-level encoding
AssigneeMicron Technology, Inc.
InventorTimothy Hollis
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Abstract
Apparatuses and methods for asymmetric bi-directional signaling incorporating multi-level encoding are disclosed. An example apparatus may include first and second channels, a receiver coupled to the first and second channels, and first and second transmitters coupled to the first and second channels, respectively. The receiver may be configured to receive differential data signals to receive write data at a rate, and each of the first and second transmitters may be configured to encode a plurality of bits into a respective data signal and provide the respective data signals at the data rate.
Claims8
A semiconductor memory apparatus, comprising:
- a memory array;
- an read/write circuit configured to read out a plurality of data bits from the memory array, wherein the plurality of data bits are read from the memory array in parallel;
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- an encoder configured to encode the plurality of data bits into an encoded data signal and supply the encoded data signal to a single bus line, wherein the encoded data signal comprises at least two of the plurality of data bits at one time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.