US20070076502A1 - Daisy chain cascading devices - Google Patents

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US20070076502A1
US20070076502A1 US11/496,278 US49627806A US2007076502A1 US 20070076502 A1 US20070076502 A1 US 20070076502A1 US 49627806 A US49627806 A US 49627806A US 2007076502 A1 US2007076502 A1 US 2007076502A1
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  • a typical computer-based system comprises a system board and optionally one or more peripheral devices, such as display units, storage units and the like.
  • the system board may contain one or more processors, a memory subsystem and other logic, such as serial device interfaces, network device controllers, hard disk controllers and the like.
  • processors that are employed on a particular system board usually depends on the type of tasks performed by the system. For example, a system that performs a limited set of tasks, such as monitor emissions generated by an automobile engine and adjust an air/fuel mixture to ensure the engine is burning fuel completely may employ a simple specialized processor that is tailored to performing these tasks. On the other hand, a system that performs many different tasks, such as managing many users and running many different applications, may employ one or more complex processors that are general purpose in nature, configured to perform high-speed calculations and manipulate data to minimize the response time to servicing the users' requests.
  • the memory subsystem is a storage that holds information (e.g., instructions, data values) used by the processors.
  • the memory subsystem typically comprises controller logic and one or more memory devices.
  • the controller logic typically is configured to interface the memory devices with the processors and enable the processors to store and retrieve information to and from the memory devices.
  • the memory devices hold the actual information.
  • the type of devices employed in a memory subsystem is often driven by the type of tasks performed by the computer system.
  • a computer system may have the task of having to boot without the assistance of a disk drive and execute a set of software routines that do not change often.
  • the memory subsystem may employ non-volatile devices, such as flash memory devices, to store the software routines.
  • non-volatile devices such as flash memory devices
  • Other computer systems may execute very complex tasks that require a large high-speed data store to hold large portions of information.
  • the memory subsystem may employ high-speed high-density Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM) devices to store large portions of information.
  • DRAM Dynamic Random Access Memory
  • Devices in a memory subsystem are often interconnected using a parallel interconnection scheme. This scheme involves interconnecting the devices in a manner such that address and data information and control signals are coupled to the devices in a parallel fashion. Each device may incorporate multiple inputs/outputs to accommodate the parallel transfer of the data and address information as well as control signals to the devices.
  • One shortcoming associated with utilizing parallel interconnections in a memory subsystem is that they tend to require a large number of interconnections between the devices in order to transfer information and signals to the devices in parallel. This adds to the complexity of boards that implement these subsystems. Moreover, undesirable effects associated with large numbers of interconnections, such as crosstalk, tend to limit the performance of these subsystems. In addition, the number of devices incorporated in these subsystems may be limited due to propagation delay of signals carried by the interconnections.
  • the techniques described herein overcome the above shortcomings by providing a technique for coupling devices in a serial daisy chain cascading arrangement that employs fewer and shorter connections than parallel interconnection implementations.
  • Configuring devices in the daisy chain arrangement may allow the devices to be operated at higher speeds than parallel interconnection implementations because utilizing fewer and shorter interconnections makes the overall implementation less vulnerable to undesirable effects, such as propagation delay and crosstalk.
  • fewer and shorter connections tend to reduce the complexity of the implementation. This reduced complexity further enables a subsystem containing the devices to be implemented in a smaller area thus allowing the subsystem to occupy a smaller footprint.
  • devices are coupled in a daisy chain cascade arrangement such that outputs of an earlier device in the daisy chain cascade are coupled to inputs of the next device later in the daisy chain to accommodate the transfer of information (e.g., data, address and command information) and control signals (e.g., enable signals) from the earlier device to the latter device.
  • information e.g., data, address and command information
  • control signals e.g., enable signals
  • each device in the daisy chain cascade comprises a serial input (SI) and a serial output (SO).
  • SI serial input
  • SO serial output
  • Information is input to a device via its SI.
  • the information is output from the device via its SO.
  • the SO of a device in the daisy chain cascade is coupled to the SI of the next device in the daisy chain cascade.
  • Circuitry is provided in the devices to enable information input to an earlier device in the daisy chain cascade via its SI to be passed through the device and output from the device via its SO.
  • the information is then transferred to the SI of the next device in the daisy chain cascade via the connection between the earlier device's SO and the next device's SI.
  • the transferred information may then be inputted to the next device via its SI.
  • a clock signal is coupled to the devices in the daisy chain cascade.
  • the clock signal is used by the devices to accommodate the transfer of the information from one device to the next device in the daisy chain cascade.
  • control signals e.g., enable signals
  • enable signals that are utilized by the devices to, e.g., enable data to be input to the device via the SI and output from the device via the SO are transferred between devices in the daisy chain cascade, as described above.
  • circuitry is provided to enable control signals input to an earlier device in the daisy chain cascade to be propagated through the device and transferred from the device via an output to an input of a next device in the daisy chain cascade. The transferred signals are then input to the next device via the input.
  • FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an exemplary device configuration comprising a plurality of single port devices configured in a serial daisy chain cascade arrangement.
  • FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an exemplary device configuration comprising a plurality of single port devices configured in a serial daisy chain cascading arrangement having a cascaded clock.
  • FIG. 3 is a block diagram of an exemplary device configuration comprising a plurality of dual port devices configured in a serial daisy chain cascade arrangement.
  • FIG. 4 is a block diagram of an exemplary device configuration comprising a plurality of single port devices configured in a serial daisy chain arrangement having inputs and outputs for various enable signals.
  • FIG. 5 is a block diagram of an exemplary device configuration comprising dual port devices configured in a serial daisy chain arrangement having inputs and outputs configured for various enable signals.
  • FIG. 6 is a block diagram of an exemplary device configuration comprising a plurality of devices having multiple parallel inputs and multiple parallel outputs which are configured in a serial daisy chain cascading arrangement.
  • FIG. 7 is a timing diagram illustrating timing associated with a read operation performed on a single device configured and a plurality of devices configured in a serial daisy chain cascade arrangement.
  • FIG. 8 is a timing diagram illustrating timing associated with information transferred between devices configured in a serial daisy chain cascade arrangement.
  • FIG. 9 is a high-level block diagram of exemplary serial output control logic for a single ported device.
  • FIG. 10 is a high-level block diagram of exemplary serial output control logic for a dual ported device.
  • FIG. 11 is a detailed block diagram of exemplary serial output control logic for a device.
  • FIG. 12 is a block diagram of an exemplary configuration of devices configured in a serial daisy chain cascading arrangement and containing exemplary serial output control logic.
  • FIG. 13 is a timing diagram illustrating timing associated with inputs and outputs of the devices comprising exemplary serial output control logic.
  • FIG. 14 is a block diagram of exemplary serial output control logic that may be used to transfer data from memory contained in a first device in a daisy chain cascade to a second device in the daisy chain cascade.
  • FIG. 15 is a timing diagram illustrating timing associated with transferring data contained in memory of a first device in a daisy chain cascade to a second device in the daisy chain cascade using exemplary serial output control logic.
  • FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an exemplary device configuration comprising a plurality of single port devices 110 a - e configured in a serial daisy chain cascade arrangement.
  • the devices 110 a - e are illustratively memory devices each of which contains a memory (not shown) which may comprise Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM) cells, Static Random Access Memory (SRAM) cells, flash memory cells and the like.
  • Each device 110 comprises a serial input (SI), a serial output (SO), a clock (SCLK) input and a chip select (CS#) input.
  • SI serial input
  • SO serial output
  • SCLK clock
  • CS# chip select
  • the SI is used to transfer information (e.g., command, address and data information) into the device 110 .
  • the SO is used to transfer information from the device 110 .
  • the SCLK input is used to provide an external clock signal to the device 110 and the CS# input is used to provide a chip select signal to the device 110 .
  • An example of a device that may be used with the techniques described herein is a Multiple Independent Serial Link (MISL) Memory device described in previously incorporated U.S. patent application Ser No. 11/324,023.
  • MISL Multiple Independent Serial Link
  • the SI and SO are connected between devices 110 in the daisy chain cascade arrangement such that the SO of a device 110 earlier in the daisy chain cascade is coupled to the SI of the next device 110 in the daisy chain cascade.
  • the SO of device 110 a is coupled to the SI of device 110 b.
  • the SCLK input of each device 110 is fed with a clock signal from, e.g., a memory controller (not shown).
  • the clock signal is distributed to each device 110 via a common link.
  • SCLK is used to, inter alia, latch information input to the device 110 at various registers contained in the device 110 .
  • Information input to the devices 110 may be latched at different times of the clock signal fed to the SCLK input.
  • SDR single data rate
  • DDR double data rate
  • both the rising and falling edges of the SCLK clock signal may be used to latch information input at the SI.
  • the CS# input of each device is a conventional chip select that selects the device. This input is coupled to a common link which enables a chip select signal to be asserted to all of the devices 110 concurrently and consequently selects all of the devices 110 simultaneously.
  • FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an exemplary device configuration comprising a plurality of single port devices 210 a - e configured in a serial daisy chain cascading arrangement having a cascaded clock.
  • Each device 210 comprises a SI, SO, SCLK input and CS# input, as described above.
  • each device 210 comprises a clock output (SCLKO).
  • the SCLKO is an output that outputs the SCLK signal input to the device 210 .
  • the SI and SO of the devices 210 are coupled in a daisy chain cascade arrangement, as described above.
  • the SCLK input and SCLKO of the devices are also coupled in a daisy chain cascade arrangement such that the SCLKO of an earlier device 210 in the daisy chain cascade is coupled to the SCLK input of the next 210 device in the daisy chain cascade.
  • the SCLKO of device 210 a is coupled to the SCLK input of device 210 b.
  • the clock signal may incur a delay as it propagates through the daisy chain cascaded devices.
  • An internal delay compensation circuit such as a delay locked loop (DLL) circuit, may be employed to obviate this delay.
  • DLL delay locked loop
  • FIG. 3 is a block diagram of an exemplary device configuration comprising a plurality of dual port devices 310 a - e configured in a serial daisy chain cascading arrangement.
  • Each device 310 comprises an SI and SO for each port, an SCLK input and CS# input, as described above.
  • the SI for the first port on the device 310 is labeled “SI0” and the SI for the second port is labeled “SI1”.
  • the SO for the first port is labeled “SO0” and for the second port “SO1”.
  • the SI and SO for each port are connected between devices 310 as described above.
  • the SO of port 0 on device 310 a is fed to the SI of port 0 on device 310 b and so on.
  • the SO of port 1 on device 310 a is fed to the SI of port 1 on device 310 b and so on.
  • FIG. 4 is a block diagram of an exemplary device configuration comprising a plurality of single port devices configured in a serial daisy chain arrangement having inputs and outputs for various enable signals.
  • Each device 410 comprises an SI, SO, CS# input, SCLK input, as described above.
  • each device 410 comprises an input port enable (IPE) input, output port enable (OPE) input, input port enable output (IPEQ) and output port enable output (OPEQ).
  • the IPE input is used to input an IPE signal to the device.
  • the IPE signal is used by the device to enable the SI such that when IPE is asserted information may be serially input to the device 410 via the SI.
  • the OPE input is used to input an OPE signal to the device.
  • the OPE signal is used by the device to enable the SO such that when OPE is asserted information may be serially output from the device 410 via the SO.
  • the IPEQ and OPEQ are outputs that output the IPE and OPE signals, respectively, from the device.
  • the CS# input and SCLK inputs are coupled to separate links which distribute the CS# and SCLK signals, respectively, to the devices 410 a - d, as described above.
  • the SI and SO are coupled from one device to the next in a daisy chain cascade arrangement, as described above.
  • the IPEQ and OPEQ of an earlier device 410 in the daisy chain cascade are coupled to the IPE input and OPE input, respectively, of the next device 410 in the daisy chain cascade. This arrangement allows IPE and OPE signals to be transferred from one device 410 to the next in a serial daisy chain cascade fashion.
  • FIG. 5 is a block diagram of an exemplary device configuration comprising dual port devices 510 a - d configured in a serial daisy chain arrangement having inputs and outputs for various enable signals.
  • Each device 510 comprises a CS# input, SCLK input, and an SI, SO, IPE, OPE, IPEQ and OPEQ for each port, as described above.
  • the SI, SO, IPE, OPE, IPEQ and OPEQ for port 1 and port 2 are designated SI 1 , SO 1 , IPE 1 , OPE 1 , IPEQ 1 and OPEQ 1 , and SI 2 , SO 2 , IPE 2 , OPE 2 , IPEQ 2 and OPEQ 2 , respectively.
  • the CS# input for each device 510 is coupled to a single link to simultaneously select all devices 510 , as described above.
  • the SCLK for each device 510 is coupled to a single link which is configured to simultaneously distribute a clock signal to all devices 510 , as described above.
  • the SI, SO, IPE, OPE, IPEQ and OPEQ are coupled between devices such that the SO, IPEQ and OPEQ of an earlier device in the daisy chain cascade are coupled to the SI, IPE and OPE of a later device in the daisy chain cascade.
  • the SO 1 , S 02 , IPEQ 1 , IPEQ 2 , OPEQ 1 and OPEQ 2 of device 510 a are coupled to the SI 1 , SI 2 , IPE 1 , IPE 2 , OPE 1 and OPE 2 , respectively, of device 510 b.
  • the SI, IPE and OPE signals that are input to the SI, IPE and OPE inputs of device 510 a , respectively, are provided to the device 510 a from, e.g., a memory controller (not shown).
  • Device 510 d provides data and control signals back to the memory controller via the SO, IPEQ and OPEQ outputs of device 510 d.
  • FIG. 6 is a block diagram of an exemplary device configuration comprising a plurality of devices 610 a - d having multiple serial inputs (SI 0 to SIn) and multiple serial outputs (SO 0 to SOn) which are configured in a serial daisy chain cascading arrangement.
  • each device 610 has an SCLK input and CS# input, as described above.
  • serial inputs (SI 0 to SIn) and serial outputs (SO 0 to SOn) employed for each device 610 enable information to be input to and output from the device 610 , respectively, in a serial fashion.
  • Each input may be assigned a specific role to input certain types of information (e.g., address, command, data) and/or signals (e.g., enable signals) to the device 610 .
  • each output may be assigned a specific role to output certain types of information and signals from the device 610 .
  • one or more inputs may be assigned a role to enable address information to be input to the device 610 .
  • one or more outputs may be assigned a role to output the address information from the device 610 .
  • the number of serial inputs and serial outputs for each device 610 typically depends on certain factors, such as the number of address lines, command size and data width size. These factors may be influenced by how the device is used in a particular system application. For example, a system application that requires a data store that is used to store a small amount of information may employ a device that has fewer address and data lines, and hence fewer inputs/outputs, than a system application that requires a data store for a large amount of information.
  • FIG. 7 is a timing diagram illustrating timing associated with a read operation performed on a single device, and a plurality of devices configured in a serial daisy chain cascade arrangement.
  • CS# is asserted to select all of the devices.
  • the read operation begins by asserting IPE and clocking information associated with the read operation into the device via SI.
  • this information includes a command (CMD) indicating a read operation is to be performed and a column address (Col. ADD) and row address (Row ADD) that indicate a starting location in memory where the data is read.
  • CMD command
  • Column. ADD column address
  • Row ADD row address
  • the requested data is read from memory and placed in a special internal data buffer contained in the device.
  • the length of tR is typically determined by characteristics of cells that comprise the memory.
  • OPE is asserted to enable the serial transfer of data from the internal data buffer via the SO to the next device in the daisy chain cascade.
  • the data is serially outputted from the internal buffer at the SO output, illustratively, at the rising edge of SCLK.
  • Data output from a device in the daisy chain cascade is delayed as much as one clock cycle to control latency, e.g., associated with propagating control signals, such as IPE and OPE.
  • latency control is performed using a clock synchronized latch.
  • FIG. 8 is a timing diagram illustrating timing associated with information transferred between devices configured in a serial daisy chain cascade arrangement.
  • CS# is asserted to select the devices.
  • Information is input to the first device in the daisy chain cascade by asserting IPE and clocking data into the device on successive rising edges of SCLK.
  • IPE is propagated through the first device to the second device in less than a cycle. This enables information to be clocked from the SO of the first device into the SI of the second device at one cycle after the information was clocked into the first device. This is repeated for successive devices in the daisy chain cascade.
  • the information is inputted to the third device in the serial daisy chain cascade at the third rising edge of SCLK from the latch point of the data at the first device.
  • Control signals IPE and OPE are synchronized with the rising edge of SCLK in order to ensure a proper setup time for these signals at the next device in the daisy chain cascade.
  • FIG. 9 is a block diagram of exemplary serial output control logic 900 for a single ported device.
  • Logic 900 comprises an input buffer for IPE 902 , input buffer for SI (SIP) 904 , input buffer for OPE 906 , input latch control 908 , serial-to-parallel register 910 , output latch control 912 , data register 914 , address register 916 , command interpreter 918 , selector 920 , page buffer 924 , logical OR gate 926 , output buffer 928 , selector 930 and memory 950 .
  • SI SI
  • Input buffer 902 is a conventional low-voltage transistor-to-transistor logic (LVTTL) buffer configured to buffer the state of an IPE signal fed to the device at the input of buffer 902 .
  • the output of buffer 902 is fed to input latch control 908 which latches the state of the IPE signal and provides a latched state of the IPE signal to input buffer 904 and selector 920 .
  • Input buffer 904 is a LVTTL buffer configured to buffer information fed to the device via the SI input.
  • Input buffer 904 is enabled by the output of input latch control 908 . When enabled, information provided to the SI input is fed by the buffer 908 to the serial-to-parallel register 910 and an input of selector 930 .
  • the input buffer 904 is enabled when the latched state of the IPE signal fed from the input latch control 908 indicates that the IPE signal is asserted.
  • Information fed to the serial-to-parallel register 910 is converted by the register 910 from a serial form to a parallel form. Outputs of the serial-to-parallel register 910 are fed to data register 914 , address register 916 and command interpreter 918 .
  • the data register 914 and address register 916 hold data and address information, respectively, that is fed to the device via the SI.
  • the command interpreter 918 is configured to interpret commands input to the device via the SI. These commands are used to further control the operation of the device. For example, a “write memory” command may be used to cause the device to write data contained in the data register 914 to memory 950 contained in the device at an address specified by the address register 916 .
  • the input buffer 906 is a LVTTL buffer configured to buffer an OPE signal that is fed to the OPE input of the device.
  • the output of buffer 906 is transferred to an output latch control 912 which latches the state of the OPE signal.
  • Output latch control outputs the latched OPE signal state to OR gate 926 .
  • OR gate 926 is a conventional logic OR gate whose output is used to enable/disable the output of output buffer 928 .
  • Selector 920 is a conventional 2-to-1 multiplexer that outputs one of two inputs as selected by the signal DAISY_CHAIN. As noted above, one of these inputs is the latched state of IPE from input latch control 908 . The other input is set to a logical low condition.
  • the signal DAISY_CHAIN indicates whether the device is coupled to one or more other devices in a serial daisy chain cascade arrangement. Illustratively, this signal is asserted if the device is coupled to one or more devices in a serial daisy chain cascade arrangement. Asserting the DAISY_CHAIN signal causes the latched state of the IPE signal fed to the selector 920 to be output from the selector 920 . When DAISY_CHAIN is not asserted, the logic low condition input to the selector 920 is output from the selector 920 .
  • Page buffer 924 is a conventional data buffer that is configured to hold information read from memory 950 .
  • Selector 930 is a conventional 2-to-1 multiplexer that outputs one of two inputs as selected by the signal ID_MATCH. One input to selector 930 is fed from the output of the page buffer 924 and the other input is fed from the output of the SI input buffer 904 . The output of selector 930 is fed to output buffer 928 .
  • the signal ID_MATCH indicates whether a particular command sent to the device via SI is addressed to the device. If the command is addressed to the device, ID_MATCH is asserted causing the output from the page buffer 924 to be output from the selector 930 . If ID_MATCH is not asserted, the output from the SI buffer 904 (i.e., the state of the SI signal input to the device) is output from selector 930 .
  • Memory 950 is a conventional memory configured to hold data.
  • Memory 950 may be a random access memory (RAM) comprising cells, such as static RAM (SRAM), dynamic RAM (DRAM) or flash memory cells, that are addressable using an address that is input to the device via the SI.
  • RAM random access memory
  • SRAM static RAM
  • DRAM dynamic RAM
  • flash memory cells that are addressable using an address that is input to the device via the SI.
  • an asserted IPE signal is buffered by input buffer 902 and transferred to input latch control 908 which latches the asserted state of IPE.
  • This latched state is fed to selector 920 and to input buffer 904 to enable this buffer 904 .
  • Command, address and data information input to input buffer 904 are then transferred to the serial-to-parallel register 910 which converts the information from a serial form to a parallel form and feeds the command, address and data information to the command interpreter 918 , address register 916 and data register 914 , respectively.
  • the output of buffer 904 is also fed to selector 930 .
  • OR gate 926 passes the state of IPE to output buffer 928 to enable the output buffer 928 . This, in turn, allows the information input to the SI input to be output from the device at SO.
  • Data from the page buffer 924 are output from the device by asserting OPE and ID_MATCH.
  • the asserted state of OPE is fed to input buffer 906 which in turn feeds the state to output latch control 912 which latches the state.
  • the latched asserted state is fed to a second input of OR gate 926 which outputs a signal to enable output buffer 928 .
  • Asserting ID_MATCH enables the output of page buffer 924 to be present at the output of selector 930 .
  • the output of selector 930 is fed to the enabled output buffer 928 which outputs the data from the device at the device's SO output.
  • output buffer 928 is only enabled by the OPE. This allows the device to be used in non-daisy chain serial cascade configurations.
  • FIG. 10 is a block diagram of exemplary serial output control logic 1000 for a dual ported device.
  • the input and control path logic 1000 comprises an IPE input buffer 1002 , SI input buffer 1004 , OPE input buffer 1006 , input latch control 1008 , serial-to-parallel register 1010 , output latch control 1012 , data register 1014 , address register 1016 , command interpreter 1018 , selector 1020 , page buffer 1024 , logical OR gate 1026 , output buffer 1028 and selector 1030 which are identical to the above described IPE input buffer 902 , SIP input buffer 904 , OPE input buffer 906 , input latch control 908 , serial-to-parallel register 910 , output latch control 912 , data register 914 , address register 916 , command interpreter 918 , selector 920 , page buffer 924 , logical OR gate 926 , output buffer 928 and selector 930 , respectively.
  • FIG. 11 is a detailed block diagram of another embodiment of serial output control logic 1100 that may used with the techniques described herein.
  • Logic 1100 comprises an SI input buffer 1104 , an IPE input buffer 1106 , an OPE input buffer 1108 , an SCLK input buffer 1110 , logical AND gates 1112 and 1114 , latches 1116 , 1118 , 1120 and 1122 , selectors 1124 and 1130 , logical OR gate 1126 and an SO output buffer 1128 .
  • Buffers 1104 , 1106 , 1108 and 1110 are conventional LVTTL buffers configured to buffer SI, IPE, OPE and SCLK signals, respectively, that are inputted to the device.
  • AND gate 1112 is configured to output the information input to the SI to latch 1116 when IPE is asserted.
  • Latch 1116 is configured to latch the information when a clock signal (SCLK) is provided by buffer 1110 .
  • DATA_OUT represents the state of data read from a memory (not shown) contained in the device.
  • AND gate 1114 is configured to output a state of DATA_OUT when OPE is asserted.
  • the output of AND gate 1114 feeds latch 1118 which is configured to latch the state of DATA_OUT when a clock signal is provided by buffer 1110 .
  • Buffer 1106 is configured to buffer the IPE signal fed to the device.
  • the output of buffer 1106 is latched by latch 1120 .
  • buffer 1108 is configured to buffer the OPE signal fed to the device.
  • Latch 1122 is configured to latch the state of OPE as output by buffer 1108 .
  • Selectors 1124 and 1130 are conventional 2-to-1 multiplexers each comprising two inputs. The inputs for selector 1124 are selected for output from the selector 1124 by the above-described ID_MATCH signal. One input is fed with the latched state of DATA_OUT as maintained by latch 1118 . This input is selected for output from selector 1124 when ID_MATCH is asserted. The other input is fed with the latched state of SI as maintained by latch 1116 . This input is selected for output from the selector 1124 when ID_MATCH is not asserted.
  • the inputs for selector 1130 are selected for output from the selector 1130 by the above-described DAISY_CHAIN signal.
  • One input to selector 1130 is fed with the latched state of IPE as maintained by latch 1120 and the other input is tied to a logical zero.
  • the latched state of IPE is selected for output from the selector 1130 when DAISY_CHAIN is asserted. Likewise, when DAISY_CHAIN is not asserted, logical zero is selected for output from the selector 1130 .
  • OR gate 1126 is a conventional logical OR gate configured to provide an enable/disable signal to output buffer 1128 .
  • OR gate 1126 is fed with the output of selector 1130 and the latched state of OPE, as maintained by latch 1122 . Either of these outputs may be used to provide an enable signal to buffer 1128 to enable the buffer's output.
  • Buffer 1128 is a conventional buffer that buffers output signal SO. As noted above, buffer 1128 is enabled/disabled by the output of OR gate 1126 .
  • latch 1116 latch 1116 latches this information illustratively at the first upward transition of SCLK after IPE is asserted.
  • latch 1120 latches the state of IPE at this SCLK transition. Assuming ID_MATCH is not asserted, the output of latch 1116 is fed to buffer 1128 via selector 1124 .
  • the asserted IPE is transferred from buffer 1106 to latch 1120 where it is also illustratively latched by the first upward transition of SCLK.
  • the latched state of IPE is provided at the output of selector 1130 and transferred to OR gate 1126 to provide an enable signal to buffer 1128 .
  • the latched state of SI is then transferred from the device via buffer 1128 as output SO.
  • selector 1130 When DAISY_CHAIN is not asserted, the logical zero input to selector 1130 is selected which outputs a logical zero from selector 1130 . This effectively disables IPE from enabling buffer 1128 .
  • the asserted state of OPE is latched at 1122 and the state of DATA_OUT is latched at latch 1118 .
  • ID_MATCH is asserted
  • the latched state of DATA_OUT is selected by selector 1124 and applied to the input of buffer 1128 .
  • the latched asserted state of OPE from latch 1122 passes through OR gate 1126 to enable buffer 1128 which causes the latched state of DATA_OUT to be output from the device as output SO.
  • FIG. 12 is a block diagram of an exemplary configuration of devices configured in a serial daisy chain cascading arrangement and containing exemplary serial output control logic.
  • the arrangement comprises three devices 1210 configured such that outputs of an earlier device in the daisy chain cascade are coupled to inputs of the next device in the daisy chain cascade, as described above. The transfer of information and data from one device to the next is described with reference to FIG. 13 below.
  • FIG. 13 is an exemplary timing diagram illustrating timing associated with inputs and outputs of devices illustrated in FIG. 12 . Specifically, the diagram illustrates the operation of the serial output control logic 1100 in each device with respect to passing information input at the SI input of each device 1210 to the SO output of the device 1210 .
  • DAISY_CHAIN is asserted.
  • IPE When IPE is asserted at device 1210 a , information at the device's SI input is passed through the device's serial output control logic 1100 , as described above, to the SO output of the device 1210 a . Specifically, data is clocked into device 1210 a illustratively at each rising edge of SCLK after IPE is asserted. The information and state of IPE propagates through the logic 1100 , as described above, and exits the device 1210 a at the device's SO and IPEQ outputs, respectively. These outputs are represented in the diagram as S 1 and P 1 , respectively.
  • These outputs are fed to the SI and IPE inputs of device 1210 b , pass through the serial output control logic 1100 of the device 1210 b , as described above, and are output from device 1210 b at the device's SO and IPEQ outputs one clock cycle later. These outputs are represented in the diagram as S 2 and P 2 , respectively.
  • the SO and IPEQ outputs of device 1210 b are fed to the SI and IPE inputs of device 1210 c , respectively, pass through the serial output control logic 1100 of device 1210 c and are output from the device 1210 c at the device's SO and IPEQ outputs, respectively, one clock cycle later.
  • These outputs are represented in the diagram as S 3 and P 3 , respectively.
  • output_latency is the output latency of the data
  • N is the number of devices in the daisy chain cascade arrangement
  • clock_cycle_time is the clock cycle time at which the clock (e.g., SCLK) operates.
  • clock_cycle_time for the daisy chain cascade illustrated in FIG. 12 is 10 nanoseconds.
  • the total output latency for the data at the SO of device 1210 c is 3*10 nanoseconds or 30 nanoseconds.
  • edges of the clock may act as latch points of input data and change points of output data.
  • the total latency is half the latency for SDR operation.
  • the information input to a device 1210 is output one clock cycle later for SDR operation and one half cycle later for DDR operation. This delay is introduced to accommodate the time it takes to activate the output buffer 1128 .
  • FIG. 14 is a block diagram of logic 1400 that may be used to transfer data contained in memory of a first device 1450 a in a daisy chain cascade to a second device 1450 b in the daisy chain cascade.
  • Logic 1400 comprises a data output register 1402 , an OPE input buffer 1404 , an SCLK input buffer 1406 , an AND gate 1408 , a data output latch 1410 , an OPE state latch 1412 , a selector 1414 , an SO output buffer 1416 and an OPEQ output buffer 1418 .
  • the data output register 1402 is a conventional register configured to store data read from memory contained in the device 1450 .
  • the register 1402 is illustratively a parallel-to-serial data register that loads data in parallel from memory and serially transfers the data to an input of gate 1408 .
  • SCLK provides clocks that are used by register 1402 to transfer the data to gate 1408 .
  • data register 1402 is configured to hold a byte of data comprising bits D 0 through D 7 where D 0 is the least-significant bit (LSB) of the byte and bit D 7 is the most-significant bit (MSB) of the byte.
  • the register 1402 is loaded in parallel with a byte's worth of data from memory. The data is then shifted from the register and serially fed bit-by-bit to the input of gate 1408 starting with the MSB.
  • Buffers 1404 and 1406 are conventional LVTTL buffers used to buffer input signals OPE and SCLK, respectively.
  • the OPE signal is transferred from the output of buffer 1404 (OPEI) to gate 1408 .
  • the SCLK signal is transferred from the output of buffer 1406 to data output register 1402 and, latches 1410 and 1412 to provide a clock to these components.
  • Gate 1408 is a conventional logic AND gate which is configured to transfer the output of the data output register 1402 (DATA_OUT) to latch 1410 when OPE is asserted.
  • the output of gate 1408 is designated as “DBIT”.
  • Latches 1410 and 1412 are conventional latches configured to latch the state of DBIT and the OPE signal, respectively.
  • Selector 1414 is a conventional two input 2-to-1 multiplexer that is controlled by the signal ID_MATCH. One of the data inputs is fed with the latched state of DBIT. This state is output from the selector 1414 when ID_MATCH is asserted.
  • the other input is fed with serial information (SI 0 ) inputted to the device 1450 a via its SI. This information is outputted by the selector 1414 when ID_MATCH is not asserted.
  • SI 0 serial information
  • Buffers 1416 and 1418 are conventional buffers configured to buffer the output of selector 1414 and latch 1406 , respectively.
  • the output of buffer 1416 exits the device 1450 a as SO (SO 0 ) and the output of buffer 1418 exits the device 1450 a as OPEQ (OPEQ 0 ).
  • FIG. 15 is a timing diagram illustrating timing associated with transferring a byte's worth of data from memory contained in device 1450 a to device 1450 b using logic 1400 .
  • OPEI is asserted shortly after OPE is fed to the device 1450 a at input buffer 1404 .
  • OPEI is fed to gate 1408 to enable the data present in D 7 of the data output register 1402 to be latched at latch 1410 at the next rising edge of SCLK.
  • this next rising edge of SCLK causes data to be right-shifted in data output register 1402 such that data in D 6 is shifted into D 7 , data in D 5 is shifted into D 6 and so on.
  • latch 1410 The output of latch 1410 is presented to selector 1414 which, assuming ID_MATCH is asserted, outputs the latched state of the data to buffer 1416 .
  • Buffer 1416 outputs this latched state from the device 1450 a as SO 0 which is fed to the SI input (SI 1 ) of the next device 1450 b of the daisy chain cascade. Meanwhile, also at the rising edge of the first clock after OPE is asserted, the state of OPE is latched at latch 1412 .
  • the output of latch 1412 is transferred to buffer 1418 which outputs the latched state of OPE from the device 1450 a as OPEQ (OPEQ 0 ) which is fed to the OPE input (OPE 1 ) of the next device 1450 b in the daisy chain cascade. This process is repeated for bits D 6 through D 0 .

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