# US 12,111,680 B2 · Memory device including receiving circuit, electronic device, and received signal processing method of electronic device

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- Number: US 12,111,680 B2
- Document ID: US12111680B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/871,374
- Filed: 2022-07-22
- Published: 2023-05-11
- Granted: 2024-10-08
- Earliest claimed: 2021-11-08
- Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Dae Hyun Kwon; Min-Hyeong Kim; Wang Soo Kim
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12111680B2

## CPC

- G06F 1/08: Clock generators with changeable or programmable clock frequency
- H04L 25/03146: {with a recursive structure (H04L25/03127 takes precedence)}
- H04L 25/03057: {with a recursive structure (H04L25/03031 takes precedence)}
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M)

## Abstract

A memory device including a receiving circuit is provided. The receiving circuit of the memory device includes a first path receiving a received signal and outputting the received signal directly as a first corrected signal in a current clock signal, a second path holding or tracking the received signal and outputting a second corrected signal in the current clock signal, wherein the second corrected signal is held in a previous clock signal, a summing circuit summing the first corrected signal and the second corrected signal and outputting a summed received signal, and a decision feedback equalizer comparing the summed received signal with a reference signal to decide equalized data and outputting the equalized data in the current clock signal.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A memory device, comprising:
a receiving circuit, the receiving circuit including:
a first path receiving a received signal, and outputting the received signal directly as a first corrected signal in a current clock signal;
a second path holding or tracking the received signal, and outputting a second corrected signal in the current clock signal,
wherein the second corrected signal is held in a previous clock signal;
a summing circuit summing the first corrected signal and the second corrected signal, and outputting a summed received signal; and
a decision feedback equalizer comparing the summed received signal with a reference signal to decide equalized data, and outputting the equalized data in the current clock signal.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The memory device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second path includes:
a current mode level (CML) latch receiving the current clock signal and the received signal as inputs, and outputting the second corrected signal; and
a tap reflecting a tap coefficient in an output signal of the CML latch.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The memory device as claimed in claim 2, wherein:
the first corrected signal is data received in the current clock signal, and
the second corrected signal is data received in the previous clock signal.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The memory device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the second path further includes a buffer delaying the received signal, and outputting the delayed received signal to the CML latch.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The memory device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the summing circuit subtracts the second corrected signal from the first corrected signal, and outputs the summed received signal.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The memory device as claimed in claim 1, wherein:
the first path includes a plurality of taps, and
a tap coefficient of at least one of the plurality of taps is reflected in the first corrected signal.

### Claim 7

A method, comprising:
receiving a first received signal through a channel;
holding the first received signal in a first clock signal;
receiving a second received signal in a second clock signal;
generating a summed received signal by subtracting the held first received signal from the second received signal; and
comparing the summed received signal with a reference signal, and outputting a comparison result decided as a final received signal in the second clock signal.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the first clock signal and the second clock signal are signals having a same period and a same duty ratio, but having different phases.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the second clock signal is a signal having a next phase of the first clock signal.

### Claim 10 (depends on 7)

The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the outputting of the comparison result decided as the final received signal is performed by a decision feedback equalizer operating based on the second clock signal.

### Claim 11 (depends on 9)

The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the holding of the first received signal is performed by a current mode level (CML) latch holding the first received signal while the first clock signal is enabled.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the generating of the summed received signal includes reflecting a preset first tap coefficient to the held first received signal before subtracting the second received signal from the reflected first received signal.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

The method as claimed in claim 12, wherein the generating of the summed received signal further includes reflecting at least one preset second tap coefficient among a plurality of tap coefficients to the second received signal before subtracting the held first received signal from the reflected second received signal.

### Claim 14 (depends on 11)

The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the first received signal input to the CML latch is inputted after being buffered for a preset time.

### Claim 15

An electronic device, comprising:
a receiver receiving a received signal, and outputting a first received signal;
a current mode level (CML) latch holding the first received signal while a first clock signal is enabled;
a summing circuit performing an operation on a second received signal and the held first received signal, and outputting a summed received signal, when receiving the second received signal; and
a decision feedback equalizer comparing the summed received signal with a reference signal, and outputting equalized data in a second clock signal.

### Claim 16 (depends on 15)

The electronic device as claimed in claim 15, wherein the CML latch reflects a preset first tap coefficient in the held first received signal, and outputs the first received signal in which the first tap coefficient is reflected to the summing circuit.

### Claim 17 (depends on 16)

The electronic device as claimed in claim 16, wherein the first received signal is delayed by a preset buffer and input to the CML latch.

### Claim 18 (depends on 15)

The electronic device as claimed in claim 15, wherein the first clock signal and the second clock signal are signals having a same period and a same duty ratio, but having different phases due to a phase shift.

### Claim 19 (depends on 18)

The electronic device as claimed in claim 18, wherein the second clock signal is a signal having a next phase of the first clock signal.

### Claim 20 (depends on 15)

The electronic device as claimed in claim 15, wherein:
a second tap coefficient of one of a plurality of taps is reflected in the second received signal, and
the second received signal, in which the second tap coefficient is reflected, is input to the summing circuit.