US 12,332,709 B2
Multi-element memory device with power for individual elements
Deborah Lindsey Dressler, Newark, CA (US); Julia Kelly Cline, San Francisco, CA (US); and Wayne Frederick Ellis, Jericho Center, VT (US)
Assigned to RAMBUS INC., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Rambus Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 20, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/610,792.
Application 18/610,792 is a continuation of application No. 18/068,437, filed on Dec. 19, 2022, granted, now 11,940,857.
Application 18/068,437 is a continuation of application No. 16/915,934, filed on Jun. 29, 2020, granted, now 11,531,386, issued on Dec. 20, 2022.
Application 16/915,934 is a continuation of application No. 15/972,018, filed on May 4, 2018, granted, now 10,698,464, issued on Jun. 30, 2020.
Application 15/972,018 is a continuation of application No. 15/017,395, filed on Feb. 5, 2016, granted, now 9,965,012.
Application 15/017,395 is a continuation of application No. 14/127,886, granted, now 9,256,279, issued on Feb. 9, 2016, previously published as PCT/US2012/042075, filed on Jun. 12, 2012.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/502,495, filed on Jun. 29, 2011.
Prior Publication US 2024/0288922 A1, Aug. 29, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 1/28 (2006.01); G06F 1/32 (2019.01); G06F 1/3234 (2019.01); G06F 1/3287 (2019.01); G06F 13/42 (2006.01); G11C 5/06 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/28 (2013.01) [G06F 1/3275 (2013.01); G06F 1/3287 (2013.01); G06F 13/4273 (2013.01); G11C 5/063 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A memory device comprising:
a plurality of integrated circuit memory dies arranged in a stack configuration, each memory die of the plurality of integrated circuit memory dies having an array of dynamic random access (DRAM) memory cells;
one or more command interfaces to receive commands associated with memory access to the memory cells of the plurality of integrated circuit memory dies; and
a sideband interface to receive mode signals that selectively transition the one or more command interfaces to a power state in which the one or more command interfaces do not respond to memory access commands.