US 11,682,447 B2
Apparatuses and methods for input receiver circuits and receiver masks for same
Dean D. Gans, Nampa, ID (US); and John D. Porter, Boise, ID (US)
Assigned to Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US)
Filed by MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC., Boise, ID (US)
Filed on Jan. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/161,204.
Application 17/161,204 is a division of application No. 16/152,306, filed on Oct. 4, 2018, granted, now 10,910,037.
Prior Publication US 2021/0217459 A1, Jul. 15, 2021
Int. Cl. G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G11C 11/40 (2006.01); G11C 11/4076 (2006.01); G11C 11/4074 (2006.01); G06F 13/16 (2006.01)
CPC G11C 11/4076 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0604 (2013.01); G06F 3/0659 (2013.01); G06F 3/0673 (2013.01); G06F 13/1689 (2013.01); G11C 11/4074 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus, comprising:
an input circuit configured to receive an input signal, the input circuit including an input receiver configured to capture a valid input signal when the input signal is without an area defined by a receiver mask, wherein the receiver mask is defined as a hexagonal mask shape based, at least in part, on one or more voltage and timing parameters.