IP Library Granted Patent US 7,391,230
Granted Patent B2
US 7,391,230 · App. 11/365,885 · Granted Jun 24, 2008

Adjustment of termination resistance in an on-die termination circuit

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Patent No.
US 7,391,230
App. No.
11/365,885
Granted
Jun 24, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

The on-die termination circuit of the present invention includes a main resistance circuit and an adjustment circuit. The main resistance circuit is provided with a resistance element and a transistor that is turned OFF when the on-die termination circuit is to be placed in the OFF state and turned ON when the on-die termination circuit is to be placed in the ON state. The adjustment circuit is provided with transistors that are both connected together in parallel and connected in parallel to the main resistance circuit, and that are turned ON or OFF when the on-die termination circuit is placed in the ON state so as to adjust the termination resistance of the entire on-die termination circuit.

Claims (6)

1. An on-die termination circuit comprising:

a main resistance circuit that is provided with one or more resistance elements and one or more transistors that are turned OFF when the on-die termination circuit is to be placed in the OFF state and turned ON when the on-die termination circuit is to be placed in the ON state; and

an adjustment circuit that is provided with one or more transistors that are both connected together in parallel and connected in parallel to said main resistance circuit, said transistors being turned ON or OFF when said on-die termination circuit is placed in the ON state so as to adjust the termination resistance of the entirety of the on-die termination circuit,

wherein the adjustment circuit does not contain resistance elements.

2. The on-die termination circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the resistance of transistors that make up said adjustment circuit is at least 2.5 times the target value of the termination resistance.

3. The on-die termination circuit according to claim 1 , wherein transistors that make up said main resistance circuit and said adjustment circuit are NMOS transistors, PMOS transistors, or CMOS transistors with which NMOS transistors and PMOS transistors are associated.

Assignments (6)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 21, 2018
From: LONGITUDE SEMICONDUCTOR S.A.R.L.
To: LONGITUDE LICENSING LIMITED
Reel/Frame 046867/0248 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 24, 2016
From: PS5 LUXCO S.A.R.L.
To: LONGITUDE SEMICONDUCTOR S.A.R.L.
Reel/Frame 039793/0880 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 24, 2016
From: PS4 LUXCO S.A.R.L.
To: PS5 LUXCO S.A.R.L.
Reel/Frame 039818/0506 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 15, 2014
From: ELPIDA MEMORY, INC.
To: PS4 LUXCO S.A.R.L.
Reel/Frame 032899/0588 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jul 29, 2013
From: PS4 LUXCO S.A.R.L.
To: ELPIDA MEMORY INC.
Reel/Frame 032414/0261 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 31, 2006
From: KOBAYASHI, SHOTARO
To: ELPIDA MEMORY, INC.
Reel/Frame 017419/0167 →