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US 11,378,603 B2Granted
Voltage or current detector for a memory component
AssigneeMicron Technology, Inc.
InventorsAlberto Troia, Antonino Mondello
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a detector comprising a comparator receiving on a voltage input a voltage value to be detected; a digital to analog converter coupled to a reference voltage potential having an output connected to another input of the comparator; and a Finite State Machine receiving an output of the comparator and producing digital outputs for inputs of a memory controller.
Claims18
A detector, comprising:
- a comparator receiving on a voltage input a voltage value to be detected;
- a digital to analog converter coupled to a reference voltage potential and having an output connected to another input of the comparator;
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- a Finite State Machine receiving an output of the comparator and producing digital outputs for inputs of a memory controller, wherein the Finite State Machine is configured to receive a command signal.
1 more element
A detector, comprising:
- a digital to analog converter coupled to a reference voltage potential and having an output connected to a transistor of a current to voltage converter, the current to voltage converter configured to receive as input a current value to be detected;
- and
- a Finite State Machine receiving the output of the current to voltage converter and producing digital outputs for the inputs of a memory controller, wherein the Finite State Machine is configured to receive a command signal.
A detector, comprising:
- a comparator receiving on a voltage input a voltage value Vx;
- a digital to analog converter coupled to a reference voltage potential and having an output connected to another input of the comparator;
- a Finite State Machine receiving an output of the comparator and producing digital outputs for the inputs of a memory controller;
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- a current to voltage converter receiving as input a current value Ix to be detected and having an output connected to the Finite State Machine.
2 more elements
A detector, comprising:
- a digital to analog converter coupled to a reference voltage potential and having an output connected to a transistor of a current to voltage converter, the current to voltage converter configured to receive as input a current value to be detected, wherein the current value to be detected is applied to a first leg of the current to voltage converter;
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- a Finite State Machine receiving the output of the current to voltage converter and producing digital outputs for the inputs of a memory controller.
A detector, comprising:
- a digital to analog converter coupled to a reference voltage potential and having an output connected to a transistor of a current to voltage converter, the current to voltage converter configured to receive as input a current value to be detected;
- a Finite State Machine receiving the output of the current to voltage converter and producing digital outputs for the inputs of a memory controller;
- and
- a comparator configured to receive as input a voltage to be detected and having an output connected to the Finite State machine.
1 more element
A detector, comprising:
- a digital to analog converter coupled to a reference voltage potential and having an output connected to a transistor of a current to voltage converter including a current mirror, the current to voltage converter configured to receive as input a current value to be detected;
- and
- a Finite State Machine receiving the output of the current to voltage converter and producing digital outputs for the inputs of a memory controller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.