Patents by Inventor Sheldon G. HIEMSTRA

Sheldon G. HIEMSTRA 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).

  • Encoded on-die termination for efficient multipackage termination
    Patent number: 11750190
    Abstract: On-die termination (ODT) is triggered through a serial signal encoding on an ODT signal line instead of a simple binary enable signal. An ODT circuit applies one of multiple termination impedances based on the ODT signal encoding. An ODT enable signal line receives an ODT enable signal as multiple serial bits to encode the selected termination impedance, to cause the ODT circuit to apply the selected termination impedance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Sheldon G. Hiemstra, Veeresh Garag
  • ENCODED ON-DIE TERMINATION FOR EFFICIENT MULTIPACKAGE TERMINATION
    Publication number: 20210175887
    Abstract: On-die termination (ODT) is triggered through a serial signal encoding on an ODT signal line instead of a simple binary enable signal. An ODT circuit applies one of multiple termination impedances based on the ODT signal encoding. An ODT enable signal line receives an ODT enable signal as multiple serial bits to encode the selected termination impedance, to cause the ODT circuit to apply the selected termination impedance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Sheldon G. HIEMSTRA, Veeresh GARAG
  • TECHNIQUES FOR DYNAMIC PROXIMITY BASED ON-DIE TERMINATION
    Publication number: 20200133669
    Abstract: Techniques for proximity based on-die termination (ODT) include a memory device determining what ODT setting to apply during execution of a command by another memory device that is coupled to a same data channel as the memory device based on the memory device's proximity to the other memory device and whether the command is a read command or a write command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Shekoufeh QAWAMI, Rajesh SUNDARAM, Sheldon G. HIEMSTRA, Setul M. SHAH, Andrew MORNING-SMITH, Sowmiya JAYACHANDRAN