Wireless serial links for communications between devices formed in a package
AssigneeMicron Technology, Inc.
InventorMostafa Naguib Abdulla
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Abstract
In various embodiments, a memory module houses memory devices and, in some embodiments, a memory controller. Each of the devices has a near-field interface coupled to loop antennas to communicate over-the-air data. A coil is formed on, for example, a memory device substrate or molded into a plastic mold to create near-field magnetic coupling between the stacked memory devices and, in certain embodiments, the memory controller. Other embodiments are disclosed.
Claims25
An apparatus, comprising:
- a memory controller formed in a package having multiple devices, the memory controller having a loop antenna to transmit over-the-air data;
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- a memory device formed in the package and having a near-field interface and a radio subsystem coupled to one or more loop antennas to receive the over-the-air data from the memory controller, the memory device being further configured to communicate, using a serial link comprising embedded clock serial components, with one or more others of the multiple devices directly via radio-frequency wireless signals in the near-field through the respective one or more loop antennas.
An apparatus, comprising a plurality of memory devices formed in a package, the plurality of memory devices each having a near-field interface and a radio subsystem coupled to one or more loop antennas and a serial link including a serializer/deserializer to receive over-the-air data directly via radio-frequency wireless signals from, and communicate with, one or more others of the plurality of memory devices.
A memory module including a package, the memory module comprising:
- a memory controller formed in the package and having one or more loop antennas to transmit over-the-air data via radio-frequency wireless communications;
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- a plurality of memory devices each having a near-field interface, a radio subsystem, one or more loop antennas and a serial link including a serializer/deserializer to communicate with one or more remaining ones of the plurality of memory devices via radio-frequency wireless communications.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.