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US 11,637,903 B2Granted
Memory device with a multi-mode communication mechanism
AssigneeMicron Technology, Inc.
InventorsMatthew D. Rowley, Mark Bauer
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Abstract
A memory device includes a communication circuit configured to communicate a first signal and a second signal; and a selection mechanism coupled to the communication circuit and configured to select between operating the communication circuit the first signal and the second signal (1) independent signals for separate memory operations or (2) a complementary set for a memory operation.
Claims20
A memory device, comprising:
- a communication circuit including
- a first external interface configured to send or receive a first signal, and
- a second external interface configured to send or receive a second signal;
- and
- a selection mechanism coupled to the communication circuit and configured to operate the communication circuit in sending or receiving the first signal and the second signal (1) as independent signals corresponding to separate memory operations or (2) as a contemporaneous set corresponding to a memory operation.
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A memory device, comprising:
- a memory array;
- and
- a controller configured to communicate a first signal and a second signal between the memory array and the controller;
- wherein the memory array and/or the controller include
- a communication circuit having
- a first set of external interfaces at the memory array and the controller for exchanging the first signal, and
- a second set of external interfaces at the memory array and the controller for exchanging the second signal;
- and
- a selection mechanism configured to operate the communication circuit or a portion thereof in exchanging the first and second signals (1) as independent signals corresponding to separate memory operations or (2) as a contemporaneous set corresponding to a memory operation.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.