ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,211,580, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, Idaho).
"Termination for pulse amplitude modulation" was invented by Shindeok Kang (Boise, Idaho) and Timothy M. Hollis (Meridian, Idaho).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This document describes apparatuses and techniques for termination of a pulse amplitude modulation signal of a memory circuit. In various aspects, a memory circuit is implemented with a termination circuit that includes a power rail, a resistor, and a switch to couple the resistor between the power rail and a signal line of a memory interconnect. The power rail may be configured to provide power at ...