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Granted Patent B2
US 10,897,253 · App. 16/661,685 · Granted Jan 19, 2021

Calibration circuit and calibration apparatus including the same

Inventors: Oung Sic Cho (Icheon-si, KR); Jong Hoon Oh (Seongnam-si, KR)
Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
H03K19/0005
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Patent No.
US 10,897,253
App. No.
16/661,685
Granted
Jan 19, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system may include: a first memory device; a second memory device; a third memory device; and a fourth memory device, wherein the first memory device to the fourth memory device are configured to share a resistor for impedance matching, wherein the first memory device to the fourth memory device are coupled to have a chain shape, wherein the forth memory device generates a completion signal when performance is completed and the first memory device receives the completion signal provided from the fourth memory device.

Claims (58)

1. A system comprising:

a first non-volatile memory device;

a second non-volatile memory device;

a third non-volatile memory device; and

a fourth non-volatile memory device,

wherein the first non-volatile memory device to the fourth non-volatile memory device are configured to share a resistor for impedance matching,

wherein the first non-volatile memory device to the fourth non-volatile memory device are coupled to have a chain shape,

wherein the fourth non-volatile memory device generates a completion signal when performance is completed and the first non-volatile memory device receives the completion signal provided from the fourth non-volatile memory device.

2. The non-volatile memory device according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first non-volatile memory device to the fourth non-volatile memory device includes a volatile memory.

3. The non-volatile memory device according to claim 1 , wherein each non-volatile memory device comprises:

a first calibration driver configured to, based on a first calibration enable signal, perform an impedance matching operation according to the resistor, and

a signal generator configured to generate a completion signal when performance is completed.

4. The system according to claim 3 , wherein each non-volatile memory device further comprises:

a command decoder configured to receive the command signal and decode the command signal into a second calibration enable signal; and

a selector configured to select the first completion signal between the first completion signal and the second calibration enable signal according to a select signal, and provide a driving signal,

wherein the second calibration driver is configured to perform the impedance matching operation according to the driving signal.

5. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the non-volatile memory devices sequentially perform the impedance matching operation according to the chain shape.

6. A system comprising:

a first non-volatile memory device to an eighth non-volatile memory device,

wherein the first non-volatile memory device to the eighth non-volatile memory device are configured to share a resistor for impedance matching,

wherein first non-volatile memory device to the eighth non-volatile memory device are coupled to have a chain shape,

wherein the eighth non-volatile memory device generates a completion signal when performance is completed and the first non-volatile memory device receives the completion signal provided from the eighth non-volatile memory device.

7. The system according to claim 6 , wherein each non-volatile memory device comprises:

a calibration driver configured to perform an impedance matching operation using the resistor for the impedance matching, and

a signal generator configured to generate a completion signal when the performance is completed.

8. The system according to claim 6 , wherein the non-volatile memory devices sequentially perform the impedance matching operation according to the chain shape.

9. The system according to claim 6 , wherein at least one of the non-volatile memory device includes a volatile memory.

10. A system comprising:

a first non-volatile memory device to an sixteenth non-volatile memory device,

wherein the first non-volatile memory device to the sixteenth non-volatile memory device are configured to share a resistor for impedance matching,

wherein the first non-volatile memory device to the sixteenth non-volatile memory device are coupled to have a chain shape,

wherein the sixteenth non-volatile memory device generates a completion signal when performance is completed and the first non-volatile memory device receives the completion signal provided from the sixteenth non-volatile memory device.

11. The system according to claim 10 , wherein each non-volatile memory device are configured to sequentially perform the impedance matching operation.

12. The system according to claim 10 , wherein each non-volatile memory device includes a calibration driver configured to perform an impedance matching operation by using the resistor and a signal generator configured to generate a status signal when the performance is completed.

13. The system according to claim 10 , wherein the non-volatile memory devices sequentially perform the impedance matching operation according to the chain shape.

14. The system according to claim 10 , wherein at least one of the non-volatile memory devices includes a volatile memory.

15. A system comprising:

a first non-volatile memory device to a thirty-second non-volatile memory device,

wherein the first non-volatile memory device to the thirty-second non-volatile memory device are configured to share a resistor for impedance matching,

wherein the first non-volatile memory device to the thirty-second non-volatile memory device are coupled to have a chain shape,

wherein the thirty-second non-volatile memory device generates a completion signal when performance is completed and the first non-volatile memory device receives the completion signal provided from the thirty-second non-volatile memory device.

16. The system according to claim 15 , wherein at least one of the non-volatile memory devices includes a volatile memory.

17. A system comprising:

a first non-volatile memory device;

a second non-volatile memory device;

a third non-volatile memory device; and

a fourth non-volatile memory device,

wherein the first non-volatile memory device to the fourth non-volatile memory device are configured to share a resistor for impedance matching,

wherein the first non-volatile memory device to the fourth non-volatile memory device are coupled to have a chain shape,

wherein at least one of the first non-volatile memory device to the fourth non-volatile memory device includes a volatile memory.

18. The non-volatile memory device according to claim 17 , wherein each non-volatile memory device comprises:

a first calibration driver configured to, based on a first calibration enable signal, perform an impedance matching operation according to the resistor, and

a signal generator configured to generate a completion signal when performance is completed.

19. The system according to claim 18 , wherein each non-volatile memory device further comprises:

a command decoder configured to receive the command signal and decode the command signal into a second calibration enable signal; and

a selector configured to select the first completion signal between the first completion signal and the second calibration enable signal according to a select signal, and provide a driving signal,

wherein the second calibration driver is configured to perform the impedance matching operation according to the driving signal.

20. The system according to claim 17 , wherein the non-volatile memory devices sequentially perform the impedance matching operation according to the chain shape.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 23, 2019
From: CHO, OUNG SIC; OH, JONG HOON
To: SK HYNIX INC.
Reel/Frame 050806/0117 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2014-0147541 · Oct 28, 2014 · national
Continuity (4)
Continuation 16101998 · Aug 13, 2018
Continuation 15626648 · Jun 19, 2017
Continuation 14661687 · Mar 18, 2015
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