IP Library Granted Patent US 12,217,823
Granted Patent B2
US 12,217,823 · App. 18/332,325 · Granted Feb 4, 2025

Memory device for supporting command bus training mode and method of operating the same

Inventors: Young-hun Kim (Yongin-si, KR); Si-hong Kim (Hwaseong-si, KR); Tae-young Oh (Seoul, KR); Kyung-soo Ha (Hwaseong-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
G11C7/222G11C7/1057G11C7/1066G11C7/1084G11C7/1093G11C8/10G11C8/18G11C29/022G11C29/023G11C29/028G11C29/50012G11C7/1072G11C2207/2254G11C2207/2272
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Patent No.
US 12,217,823
App. No.
18/332,325
Granted
Feb 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

There are provided a memory device for supporting a command bus training (CBT) mode and a method of operating the same. The memory device is configured to enter a CBT mode or exit from the CBT mode in response to a logic level of a first data signal, which is not included in second data signals, which are in one-to-one correspondence with command/address signals, which are used to output a CBT pattern in the CBT mode. The memory device is further configured to change a reference voltage value in accordance with a second reference voltage setting code received by terminals associated with the second data signals, to terminate the command/address signals or a pair of data clock signals to a resistance value corresponding to an on-die termination (ODT) code setting stored in a mode register, and to turn off ODT of data signals in the CBT mode.

Claims (30)

1. A method of operating a memory device, the method comprising:

receiving a clock signal through a clock terminal;

receiving a data clock signal through a data clock terminal;

receiving a frequency set point (FSP) change command through a command/address (CA) bus, an operating frequency of the memory device being switched based on the FSP change command;

receiving a first data signal through a first data terminal;

detecting a logic level of the first data signal at one of a rising edge and a falling edge of the data clock signal, and entering into a command bus training (CBT) mode upon detecting a first logic level of the first data signal; and

switching parameters of FSP operation settings based on the FSP change command during the CBT mode,

wherein the parameters of the FSP operation settings includes a first FSP operation mode signal representing a low frequency setting in a normal mode, a second FSP operation mode signal representing an intermediate frequency setting in the normal mode, and a third FSP operation mode signal representing a high frequency setting in the normal mode.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the receiving of the FSP change command comprises receiving a mode register setting command configured to change the parameters of the FSP operation settings of a mode register.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the switching of the FSP operation settings based on the FSP change command during the CBT mode comprises:

setting the parameters of the FSP operation settings in the mode register according to the FSP change command; and

operating the CBT with a FSP selected by the setting of the parameters of the FSP operation mode signal in the mode register.

4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:

operating the normal mode with the selected FSP.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first FSP operation mode signal is a default parameter of the FSP operation settings.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

setting a command/address on-die termination (CA ODT) code in a mode register; and

determining a termination resistance value of the CA bus during the CBT mode according to the setting of the CA ODT code.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

setting a data clock on-die termination (WCK ODT) code in a mode register; and

determining a termination resistance value of the data clock signal during the CBT mode according to the setting of the WCK ODT code.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

setting a data on-die termination (DQ ODT) code in a mode register; and

determining a termination resistance value of data terminals including the first data terminal during the normal mode according to the setting of the DQ ODT code.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

turning off the determining of the termination resistance value of the data terminals during the CBT mode.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

changing a level of a reference voltage during the CBT mode, the reference voltage being compared with a CBT pattern received during the CBT mode.

11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

exiting the CBT mode upon determining a second logic level of the first data signal, the second logic level being opposite to the first logic level.

Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2017-0155812 · Nov 21, 2017 · national
KR 10-2018-0111604 · Sep 18, 2018 · national
Continuity (5)
Continuation 17518888 · Nov 4, 2021
Continuation 16946217 · Jun 10, 2020
Continuation 16196777 · Nov 20, 2018
Provisional Application 62734347 · Sep 21, 2018
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