Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Drive strength calibration for multi-level signaling
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Application No.: US17241876Application Date: 2021-04-27
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Publication No.: US11443779B2Publication Date: 2022-09-13
- Inventor: Peter Mayer , Wolfgang Anton Spirkl , Michael Dieter Richter , Martin Brox , Thomas Hein
- Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US ID Boise
- Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US ID Boise
- Agency: Holland & Hart LLP
- Main IPC: G06G7/12
- IPC: G06G7/12 ; G11C5/14 ; G11C11/56 ; G11C7/10

Abstract:
Methods, systems, and devices for drive strength calibration for multi-level signaling are described. A driver may be configured to have an initial drive strength and to drive an output pin of a transmitting device toward an intermediate voltage level of a multi-level modulation scheme, where the output pin is coupled with a receiving device via a channel. The receiving device may generate, and the transmitting device may receive, a feedback signal indicating a relationship between the resulting voltage of the channel and an value for the intermediate voltage level. The transmitting device may determine and configure the driver to use an adjusted drive strength for the intermediate voltage level based on the feedback signal. The driver may be calibrated (e.g., independently) for each intermediate voltage level of the multi-level modulation scheme. Further, the driver may be calibrated for the associated channel.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210319811A1 DRIVE STRENGTH CALIBRATION FOR MULTI-LEVEL SIGNALING Public/Granted day:2021-10-14
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