Patents by Inventor James A. McCall

James A. McCall has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20210335393
    Abstract: An apparatus is described. The apparatus includes a logic chip upon which a stack of memory chips is to be placed. The stack of memory chips and the logic chip to be placed within a same package, wherein, multiple memory chips of the stack of memory chips are divided into fractions, and, multiple internal channels within the package that emanate from the logic chip are to be coupled to respective ones of the fractions. The logic chip has a multiplexer. The multiplexer is to multiplex a single input/output (I/O) channel of the package to the multiple internal channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Chong J. ZHAO, Shigeki TOMISHIMA, Kuljit S. BAINS, James A. McCALL, Dimitrios ZIAKAS
  • Publication number: 20210279128
    Abstract: A method is described. The method includes a buffer semiconductor chip receiving a plurality of data signals. The method includes the buffer chip calculating first CRC information from the plurality of data signals. The method includes the buffer chip transmitting the plurality of data signals in parallel with the first CRC information if a read burst transfer sequence is being performed, the buffer chip receiving second CRC information in parallel with the plurality of data signals and comparing the first CRC information with the second CRC information if a write burst transfer sequence is being performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: James A. McCALL, Bill NALE, Zibing YANG, Yanjie ZHU
  • Patent number: 11116072
    Abstract: An apparatus is described. The apparatus includes a semiconductor chip having cross-talk noise cancellation circuitry disposed between a disturber trace and a trace to be protected from cross-talk noise emanating from the disturber trace. The trace is to be coupled to a receiver disposed on a different semiconductor chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Liao, Zhen Zhou, James A. McCall, Jong-Ru Guo, Xiang Li, Yunhui Chu, Zuoguo Wu
  • Patent number: 11074959
    Abstract: A method is described. The method includes configuring first register space to establish ODT values of a data strobe signal trace of a DDR data bus. The method also includes configuring second register space to establish ODT values of a data signal trace of the DDR data bus. The ODT values for the data strobe signal trace are different than the ODT values for the data signal trace. The ODT values for the data strobe signal do not change when consecutive write operations of the DDR bus write to different ranks of a same DIMM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: James A. McCall, Christopher P. Mozak, Christopher E. Cox, Yan Fu, Robert J. Friar, Hsien-Pao Yang
  • Patent number: 11056179
    Abstract: Techniques to couple a high bandwidth memory device on a silicon substrate and a package substrate are disclosed. Examples include selectively activating input/out (I/O) or command and address (CA) contacts on a bottom side of a logic layer for the high bandwidth device based on a mode of operation. The I/O and CA contacts are for accessing one or more memory devices include in the high bandwidth memory device via one or more data channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Chong J. Zhao, James A. McCall, Shigeki Tomishima, George Vergis, Kuljit S. Bains
  • Publication number: 20210141692
    Abstract: A memory subsystem includes multiple memory resources connected in parallel, including a first memory resource and a second memory resource. The memory subsystem can split a portion of data into multiple sub-portions. Split into smaller portions, the system needs fewer ECC (error checking and correction) bits to provide the same level of ECC protection. The portion of data can include N ECC bits for error correction, and the sub-portions can each include a sub-portion of (N?M) ECC bits for error correction. The system can then use M bits of data for non-ECC purposes, such as metadata.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Rajat AGARWAL, Wei P. CHEN, Bill NALE, James A. McCALL
  • Patent number: 10965047
    Abstract: Embodiments may relate to a connector. The connector may include a plurality of connector pins that are to communicatively couple an element of a printed circuit board (PCB) with an element of an electronic device when the element of the PCB and the element of the electronic device are coupled with the connector. The connector may also include an active circuit that is communicatively coupled with a pin of the plurality of pins. The active circuit may be configured to match an impedance of the element of the PCB with an impedance of the element of the electronic device. Other embodiments may be described or claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Jong-Ru Guo, Yunhui Chu, Jun Liao, Kai Xiao, Jingbo Li, Yuanhong Zhao, Mo Liu, Beomtaek Lee, James A. McCall, Jaejin Lee, Xiaoning Ye, Zuoguo Wu, Xiang Li
  • Patent number: 10963404
    Abstract: A DIMM is described. The DIMM includes circuitry to simultaneously transfer data of different ranks of memory chips on the DIMM over a same data bus during a same burst write sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: James A. McCall, Rajat Agarwal, George Vergis, Bill Nale
  • Patent number: 10950536
    Abstract: An apparatus is described. The apparatus includes an electro-mechanical interface having angled signal interconnects, wherein, the angling of the signal interconnects is to reduce noise coupling between the angled signal interconnects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Zhen Zhou, Jun Liao, Xiang Li, Kevin Stone, Daqiao Du, Tae-Young Yang, Ling Zheng, James A. McCall
  • Publication number: 20210074333
    Abstract: Examples described herein relate to a pattern of pins where the signals assigned to the pins are arranged in a manner to reduce cross-talk. In some examples, a socket substrate includes a first group of pins that includes a first group of data (DQ) pins separated by at least two Voltage Source Supply (VSS) pins from a second group of DQ pins and a third group of DQ pins separated by at least two VSS pins from a fourth group of DQ pins. In some examples, data strobe signal (DQS) pins are positioned in a column between the first and third groups of DQ pins and the second and fourth groups of DQ pins. In some examples, a second group of pins includes a first group of DQ pins separated by at least two VSS pins from a second group of DQ pins and a third group of DQ pins separated by at least two VSS pins from a fourth group of DQ pins. In some examples, the second group of pins, DQS pins are positioned between the first and third groups of DQ pins and the second and fourth groups of DQ pins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Chong J. ZHAO, James A. McCALL, Robert J. FRIAR, Yidnekachew S. MEKONNEN, San K. CHHAY
  • Patent number: 10943640
    Abstract: Techniques and mechanisms for providing termination for a plurality of chips of a memory device. In an embodiment, a memory device is an integrated circuit (IC) package which includes a command and address bus and a plurality of memory chips each coupled thereto. Of the plurality of memory chips, only a first memory chip is operable to selectively provide termination to the command and address bus. Of the respective on-die termination control circuits of the plurality of memory chips, only the on-die termination control circuit of the first memory chip is coupled via any termination control signal line to any input/output (I/O) contact of the IC package. In another embodiment, the plurality of memory chips are configured in a series with one another, and wherein the first memory chip is located at an end of the series.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Kuljit S. Bains, George Vergis, James A. McCall, Ge Chang
  • Publication number: 20210020224
    Abstract: A memory subsystem triggers entry and exit of a memory device from low power mode with a chip select (CS) signal line. For a system where the command bus has no clock enable (CKE) signal line, the system can trigger low power modes with CS instead of CKE. The low power mode can include a powerdown state. The low power mode can include a self-refresh state. The memory device includes an interface to the command bus, and receives a CS signal combined with command encoding on the command bus to trigger a low power mode state change. The memory device can be configured to monitor the CS signal and selected other command signals while in low power mode. The system can send an ODT trigger while the memory device is in low power mode, even without a dedicated ODT signal line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Christopher E. COX, Kuljit S. BAINS, Christopher P. MOZAK, James A. McCALL, Akshith VASANTH, Bill NALE
  • Patent number: 10884958
    Abstract: A DIMM is described. The DIMM includes circuitry to multiplex write data to different groups of memory chips on the DIMM during a same burst write sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Rajat Agarwal, Bill Nale, Chong J. Zhao, James A. McCall, George Vergis
  • Patent number: 10839887
    Abstract: A memory subsystem triggers entry and exit of a memory device from low power mode with a chip select (CS) signal line. For a system where the command bus has no clock enable (CKE) signal line, the system can trigger low power modes with CS instead of CKE. The low power mode can include a powerdown state. The low power mode can include a self-refresh state. The memory device includes an interface to the command bus, and receives a CS signal combined with command encoding on the command bus to trigger a low power mode state change. The memory device can be configured to monitor the CS signal and selected other command signals while in low power mode. The system can send an ODT trigger while the memory device is in low power mode, even without a dedicated ODT signal line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher E. Cox, Kuljit S. Bains, Christopher P. Mozak, James A. McCall, Akshith Vasanth, Bill Nale
  • Patent number: 10802996
    Abstract: Dynamic bus inversion (DBI) for programmable levels of a ratio of ones and zeros. A transmitting device identifies a number and/or ratio of ones and zeros in a noninverted version of a signal to be transmitted (“noninverted signal”) and a number and/or ratio of ones and zeros in an inverted version of the signal (“inverted signal”). The transmitting device can calculate whether a difference of ones and zeros in the noninverted signal or a difference of ones and zeros in the inverted signal provides a calculated average ratio of ones to zeros closer to a target ratio. The transmitting device sends the signal that achieves provides the calculated average ratio closer to the target ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher P. Mozak, James A. McCall, Bryan K. Casper
  • Publication number: 20200302978
    Abstract: Embodiments herein relate to systems, apparatuses, or processes directed to facilitating increased clock speeds on a substrate by lowering the impedance of traces that provide clock signals to components such as DRAM. For example, embodiments may include a substrate with a first layer and a second layer parallel to the first layer with a first trace coupled with the first layer in a routing configuration and a second trace coupled with the second layer in the routing configuration, where the routing configuration of the first trace and the second trace substantially overlap each other with respect to an axis perpendicular to the first layer and the second layer, and where the first trace and the second trace are electrically coupled by a first and a second electrical coupling perpendicular to the first layer and the second layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Rogelio Alfonso MOREYRA GONZALEZ, Jose Angel RAMOS MARTINEZ, James MCCALL
  • Publication number: 20200286543
    Abstract: A method is described. The method includes configuring first register space to establish ODT values of a data strobe signal trace of a DDR data bus. The method also includes configuring second register space to establish ODT values of a data signal trace of the DDR data bus. The ODT values for the data strobe signal trace are different than the ODT values for the data signal trace. The ODT values for the data strobe signal do not change when consecutive write operations of the DDR bus write to different ranks of a same DIMM.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: James A. McCALL, Christopher P. MOZAK, Christopher E. COX, Yan FU, Robert J. FRIAR, Hsien-Pao YANG
  • Publication number: 20200243433
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include electronic packages and methods of forming such packages. In an embodiment, the electronic package comprises a package substrate, that comprises a bumpout region on a first surface of the package substrate, and a pin region on a second surface of the package substrate. In an embodiment, a data path from the bumpout region to the pin region is included in the electronic package. In an embodiment, a ground path brackets the data path from the bumpout region to the pin region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Chong ZHAO, James McCALL, Michael GUTZMANN
  • Patent number: 10729002
    Abstract: Techniques and mechanisms for mitigating signal deterioration in communications between two circuit boards. In an embodiment, a packaged device accommodates coupling to a first circuit board which, in turn, accommodates connection to a second circuit board. In one such embodiment, an amplifier circuit of the packaged device includes an amplifier circuit which comprises a variable resistor and an active circuit element coupled thereto. The device receives via one of the circuit boards a control signal and a voltage which configure the amplifier circuit to provide an impedance matching for communication between the circuit boards. In another embodiment, the device comprises multiple common gate amplifiers which are variously configurable each to provide a respective impedance matching for communications between a motherboard and a dual in-line memory module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Liao, Xiang Li, Yunhui Chu, Jong-Ru Guo, James McCall
  • Publication number: 20200143870
    Abstract: Techniques to couple a high bandwidth memory device on a silicon substrate and a package substrate are disclosed. Examples include selectively activating input/out (I/O) or command and address (CA) contacts on a bottom side of a logic layer for the high bandwidth device based on a mode of operation. The I/O and CA contacts are for accessing one or more memory devices include in the high bandwidth memory device via one or more data channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Chong J. ZHAO, James A. McCALL, Shigeki TOMISHIMA, George VERGIS, Kuljit S. BAINS