Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems and methods of pipelined output latching involving synchronous memory arrays
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Application No.: US15377981Application Date: 2016-12-13
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Publication No.: US09966118B2Publication Date: 2018-05-08
- Inventor: Lee-Lean Shu , Yoshinori Sato
- Applicant: GSI Technology, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Assignee: GSI Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee: GSI Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Agency: DLA Piper LLP (US)
- Main IPC: G11C8/18
- IPC: G11C8/18 ; G11C7/10 ; G11C11/4076 ; G11C7/22 ; G11C7/06 ; G11C11/419 ; G11C29/02

Abstract:
Systems and methods of synchronous memories and synchronous memory operation are disclosed. According to one illustrative implementation, a memory device is disclosed comprising memory circuitry having a memory output, the memory circuitry including a sense amplifier having a first output and a second output, a first data path coupled to the first output of the sense amplifier, the first data path including 2 latches/registers, and a second data path coupled to the second output of the sense amplifier, the second data path including a plurality latches/registers. In further implementations, various control circuitry, connections and control signals may be utilized to operate the latches/registers in the first and second data paths according to specified configurations, control, modes, latency and/or timing domain information, to achieve, for example, pipelined output latching and/or double data rate output.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170125074A1 SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF PIPELINED OUTPUT LATCHING INVOLVING SYNCHRONOUS MEMORY ARRAYS Public/Granted day:2017-05-04
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