Testing impedance adjustment
First Claim
1. A method of operating an integrated circuit device, comprising:
- generating a voltage level at a particular node of the integrated circuit device between a termination device of a signal driver circuit of the integrated circuit device and a reference resistance in response to a first voltage level applied to the termination device and a second voltage level applied to the reference resistance;
in response to generating the voltage level at the particular node, determining whether a plurality of available resistance values of the termination device satisfy a criterion selected from a group consisting of each available resistance value of the plurality of available resistance values is less than a resistance value of the reference resistance, and each available resistance value of the plurality of available resistance values is greater than the resistance value of the reference resistance;
if the plurality of available resistance values of the termination device are determined to satisfy the criterion, determining whether a voltage level generated at the particular node in response to the first voltage level applied to the termination device and the second voltage level applied to the reference resistance while the termination device has a particular available resistance value of the plurality of available resistance values is between a voltage level of a first reference voltage and a voltage level of a second reference voltage;
wherein the voltage level of the first reference voltage is determined in response to the first voltage level and the second voltage level; and
wherein the voltage level of the second reference voltage is determined in response to the first voltage level, the second voltage level, and a defined tolerance for a desired resistance value of the termination device.
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Abstract
Methods of operating integrated circuit devices include generating a voltage level at a particular node in response to a first voltage level applied to a termination device and a second voltage level applied to a reference resistance; determining whether a plurality of available resistance values of the termination device satisfy a criterion that each available resistance value is either less than a resistance value of the reference resistance, or each available resistance value is greater than the resistance value of the reference resistance; and, when the plurality of available resistance values of the termination device satisfy the criterion, determining whether a voltage level generated at the particular node for a particular available resistance value of the plurality of available resistance values is between a voltage level of a first reference voltage and a voltage level of a second reference voltage.
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1. A method of operating an integrated circuit device, comprising:
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generating a voltage level at a particular node of the integrated circuit device between a termination device of a signal driver circuit of the integrated circuit device and a reference resistance in response to a first voltage level applied to the termination device and a second voltage level applied to the reference resistance; in response to generating the voltage level at the particular node, determining whether a plurality of available resistance values of the termination device satisfy a criterion selected from a group consisting of each available resistance value of the plurality of available resistance values is less than a resistance value of the reference resistance, and each available resistance value of the plurality of available resistance values is greater than the resistance value of the reference resistance; if the plurality of available resistance values of the termination device are determined to satisfy the criterion, determining whether a voltage level generated at the particular node in response to the first voltage level applied to the termination device and the second voltage level applied to the reference resistance while the termination device has a particular available resistance value of the plurality of available resistance values is between a voltage level of a first reference voltage and a voltage level of a second reference voltage; wherein the voltage level of the first reference voltage is determined in response to the first voltage level and the second voltage level; and wherein the voltage level of the second reference voltage is determined in response to the first voltage level, the second voltage level, and a defined tolerance for a desired resistance value of the termination device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of operating an integrated circuit device, comprising:
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for at least one available resistance value of a plurality of available resistance values of a termination device of a signal driver circuit of the integrated circuit device, generating a respective voltage level at a particular node of the integrated circuit device between the termination device and a reference resistance in response to a first voltage level applied to the termination device and a second voltage level applied to the reference resistance; for each at least one available resistance value of the plurality of available resistance values of the termination device, comparing its respective voltage level generated at the particular node to a voltage level of a first reference voltage; determining that the plurality of available resistance values of the termination device satisfy a criterion that either no available resistance value of the plurality of available resistance values of the termination device would generate its respective voltage level at the particular node to be less than a voltage level of a first reference voltage, or no available resistance value of the plurality of available resistance values of the termination device would generate its respective voltage level at the particular node to be greater than the voltage level of the first reference voltage; when it is determined that the plurality of available resistance values of the termination device satisfy the criterion, determining whether a particular available resistance value of the plurality of available resistance values generates its respective voltage level at the particular node in response to the first voltage level applied to the termination device and the second voltage level applied to the reference resistance to be between a voltage level of the first reference voltage and a voltage level of a second reference voltage; wherein the voltage level of the first reference voltage is between the first voltage level and the second voltage level; wherein the voltage level of the second reference voltage is less than the voltage level of the first reference voltage when no available resistance value of the plurality of available resistance values of the termination device would generate its respective voltage level at the particular node to be greater than the voltage level of the first reference voltage; and wherein the voltage level of the second reference voltage is greater than the voltage level of the first reference voltage when no available resistance value of the plurality of available resistance values of the termination device would generate its respective voltage level at the particular node to be less than the voltage level of the first reference voltage.
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13. A method of operating an integrated circuit device, comprising:
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generating a voltage level at a particular node of the integrated circuit device between a termination device of a signal driver circuit of the integrated circuit device and a reference resistance in response to a first voltage level applied to the termination device and a second voltage level applied to the reference resistance, wherein the first voltage level is higher than the second voltage level; in response to generating the voltage level at the particular node, determining whether a plurality of available resistance values of the termination device satisfy a criterion selected from a group consisting of each available resistance value of the plurality of available resistance values is less than a resistance value of the reference resistance, and each available resistance value of the plurality of available resistance values is greater than the resistance value of the reference resistance; if the plurality of available resistance values of the termination device are determined to satisfy the criterion, determining whether a voltage level generated at the particular node in response to the first voltage level applied to the termination device and the second voltage level applied to the reference resistance while the termination device has a particular available resistance value of the plurality of available resistance values is between a voltage level of a first reference voltage and a voltage level of a second reference voltage; wherein the voltage level of the first reference voltage is halfway between the first voltage level and the second voltage level; wherein the voltage level of the second reference voltage is determined in response to the first voltage level, the second voltage level, and a defined tolerance for a desired resistance value of the termination device; wherein the particular available resistance value is a highest available resistance value of the plurality of available resistance values when each available resistance value of the plurality of available resistance values is determined to be less than the reference resistance; and wherein the particular available resistance value is a lowest available resistance value of the plurality of available resistance values when each available resistance value of the plurality of available resistance values is determined to be greater than the reference resistance. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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