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`( 10 ) Patent No . : US 10 , 268 , 608 B2
`( 45 ) Date of Patent :
`* Apr . 23 , 2019
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`US010268608B2
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`( 54 ) MEMORY MODULE WITH
`TIMING - CONTROLLED DATA PATHS IN
`DISTRIBUTED DATA BUFFERS
`Applicant : Netlist , Inc . , Irvine , CA ( US )
`( 71 )
`( 72 ) Inventors : Hyun Lee , Ladera Ranch , CA ( US ) ;
`Jayesh R . Bhakta , Cerritos , CA ( US )
`( 73 ) Assignee : NETLIST , INC . , Irvine , CA ( US )
`Subject to any disclaimer , the term of this
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`U . S . C . 154 ( b ) by 0 days .
`This patent is subject to a terminal dis
`claimer .
`( 21 ) Appl . No . : 15 / 820 , 076
`( 22 ) Filed :
`Nov . 21 , 2017
`Prior Publication Data
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`US 2018 / 0095908 A1 Apr . 5 , 2018
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`Feb . 7 , 2017 , now Pat . No . 9 , 824 , 035 , which is a
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`Primary Examiner — Michael Sun
`( 74 ) Attorney , Agent , or Firm — Morgan , Lewis &
`Bockius LLP
`ABSTRACT
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`A memory module is operable in a memory system with a
`memory controller . The memory module comprises memory
`devices , a module control circuit , and a plurality of buffer
`circuits coupled between respective sets of data / strobe signal
`lines in a data bus and respective sets of the memory devices .
`Each respective buffer circuit includes a data path corre
`sponding to each data signal line in the corresponding set of
`data / strobe signal lines , and a command processing circuit
`configured to decode module control signals from the mod
`ule control circuit and to control the data path in accordance
`with the module control signals . The data path correspond
`ing to the each data signal line includes at least one tristate
`buffer controlled by the command processing circuit and a
`delay circuit configured to delay a signal through the data
`path by an amount determined by the command processing
`circuit in response to at least one of the module control
`signals .
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