Memory module with integrated bus termination
AssigneeMicron Technology, Inc.
InventorsDirgha Khatri, Dail Robert Cox, Christopher S. Johnson
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Abstract
A memory module includes a memory device, a connector, a plurality of lines coupling the memory device and the connector, and termination circuitry coupled to at least a subset of the lines. A method for terminating a memory bus includes providing at least two expansion sockets coupled to the memory bus; interfacing two expansion memory modules including termination circuitry with the expansion sockets; and disabling the termination circuitry for one of the expansion memory modules.
Claims5
A method for terminating a memory bus, comprising:
- providing at least two expansion sockets coupled to the memory bus;
- interfacing two expansion memory modules including termination circuitry to the expansion sockets;
- and
- disabling the termination circuitry associated with one of the expansion memory modules.
The method of 1, wherein disabling the termination circuitry further comprises setting a switch on one of the expansion memory modules.
The method of 1, wherein disabling the termination circuitry further comprises providing a termination disable signal to one of the expansion memory modules.
A method, for terminating a memory bus, comprising:
- providing a connector coupled to said memory bus;
- providing a plurality of lines that couple said memory bus to said connector;
- interfacing said connector with a termination circuitry;
- and
- generating a termination voltage signal to terminate a subset of said plurality of lines using said termination circuitry.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.