Data bus inversion (DBI) on pulse amplitude modulation (PAM) and reducing coupling and power noise on PAM-4 I/O

D Lee, JM O'connor, J Wilson - US Patent 11,159,153, 2021 - Google Patents
US11159153B2 - Data bus inversion (DBI) on pulse amplitude modulation (PAM) and
reducing coupling and power noise on PAM-4 I/O - Google Patents US11159153B2 - Data …

424 encoding schemes to reduce coupling and power noise on PAM-4 data buses

D Lee, JM O'connor, J Wilson - US Patent 10,599,606, 2020 - Google Patents
US10599606B2 - 424 encoding schemes to reduce coupling and power noise on PAM-4 data
buses - Google Patents US10599606B2 - 424 encoding schemes to reduce coupling and power …

Bus-invert coding with restricted hamming distance for multi-byte interfaces

J Wilson, S Sudhakaran - US Patent 10,623,200, 2020 - Google Patents
An encoding process for bus data utilizes data from multiple data line groups on a multi-byte
wide bus where each group has an associated DBI line. The process leverages the …

Relaxed 433 encoding to reduce coupling and power noise on PAM-4 data buses

D Lee, JM O'connor, J Wilson - US Patent 10,657,094, 2020 - Google Patents
Methods of operating a serial data bus divide series of data bits into sequences of one or
more bits and encode the sequences as N-level symbols, which are then transmitted at …

PAM-4 voltage-mode driver with stabilized output

P Liu, Z Guo - US Patent 10,469,070, 2019 - Google Patents
Linearity of a PAM-4 voltage-mode driver is improved using current compensation. The
driver receives a first input data signal having a first logic level and a second input data …

Ultra-high-speed PAM-N CMOS inverter serial link

RS Casey, L Rajendran, D Carey, K Zheng… - US Patent …, 2022 - Google Patents
Methods, systems, and apparatus described herein make a multi-level PAM signal (PAM-N
signal) at a transmitter using CMOS-based components. By forming the PAM-N signal at the …

Techniques for communicating multi-level signals

P Mayer, N Umeda, CS Garcia, R Raj… - US Patent …, 2022 - Google Patents
Methods, systems, and devices for techniques for communicating multi-level signals are
described. A first device may be configured to communicate signals with a second device …

Signal generation apparatus and method, and system

L Gao, B Dehlaghi - US Patent 11,165,609, 2021 - Google Patents
This application provides a signal generation apparatus and method, and a system. The
signal generation apparatus includes an encoder, a serializer, an equalizer, and N …

Memory device for generating pulse amplitude modulation-based DQ signal and memory system including the same

Y Um, SON YoungHoon, C Youngdon, B Jindo… - US Patent …, 2023 - Google Patents
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PAM-4 calibration

K Farzan, ALI Aaron - US Patent 11,196,595, 2021 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A hybrid voltage mode (VM) and current mode (CM) four-level pulse
amplitude modulation (PAM-4) transmitter circuits (aka drivers) is calibrated using a …