US 12,189,477 B2
Targeted command/address parity low lift
Aaron P. Boehm, Boise, ID (US); and Scott E. Schaefer, Boise, ID (US)
Filed by Lodestar Licensing Group LLC, Evanston, IL (US)
Filed on Sep. 18, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/369,540.
Application 18/369,540 is a continuation of application No. 17/580,284, filed on Jan. 20, 2022, granted, now 11,775,385.
Application 17/580,284 is a continuation of application No. 17/216,418, filed on Mar. 29, 2021, granted, now 11,249,847, issued on Feb. 15, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/007,702, filed on Apr. 9, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0220360 A1, Jul. 4, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 11/10 (2006.01); G11C 11/22 (2006.01); G11C 11/408 (2006.01); G11C 11/4091 (2006.01); H03M 13/29 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 11/1068 (2013.01) [H03M 13/2906 (2013.01); G11C 11/221 (2013.01); G11C 11/4087 (2013.01); G11C 11/4091 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method by a volatile memory device, comprising:
receiving, via a first pin of the volatile memory device, one or more commands and one or more addresses associated with the one or more commands;
transmitting, during a first type of access operation, first command address parity information associated with the one or more commands and the one or more addresses via a second pin of the volatile memory device associated with data mask signaling; and
receiving, during a second type of access operation, second command address parity information associated with the one or more commands and the one or more addresses via a third pin of the volatile memory device associated with redundant data strobe signaling.