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US 2024/0393979 A1Published application
Activate information on preceding command
AssigneeMicron Technology, Inc.
InventorsJohn David Porter, Bryan David Kerstetter, Kwang-Ho Cho
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Abstract
A method and a device is provided for utilizing unused valid (V) bits residing on a previous command to transmit additional activate information to a memory device. Additional activate information may be transmitted to the memory device without increasing the tRCD time, or increasing the command/address (CA) bus pins, or adding additional circuit area, thereby reducing the impact on the performance of the memory device.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- activating a first memory bank by command decoder circuitry of a memory device;
- and
- receiving, by the command decoder circuitry of the memory device, a command for performing an operation to the first memory bank at a first clock cycle, wherein the command comprises additional information not used for the operation.
A device, comprising:
- a first memory bank;
- and
- command decoder circuitry configured to:
- activate the first memory bank;
- and
- receive a command for performing an operation to the first memory bank at a first clock cycle, wherein the command comprises additional information not used for the operation.
3 more elements
A system, comprising:
- a memory device comprising a first memory bank;
- and
- a memory controller configured to send a command to the memory device for performing an operation to the first memory bank at a first clock cycle, wherein the command comprises additional information not used for the operation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.