Patent ID: 11955166
Assignee: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. An apparatus comprising:
a serializer circuit configured to receive a block of read data and to serialize the block of read data to provide a serialized output data signal encoded with the read data; and
a preconditioning circuit configured to receive the serialized output data signal at an input node and to precondition the serialized output data signal to provide a pre-conditioned output signal at an output node coupled to a pre-driver circuit, wherein the pre-conditioning circuit includes a forward path from the input node to the output node and a feedback path from the output node to the input node, wherein the feedback path include a feedback circuit configured to independently control both of a propagation delay and a magnitude of emphasis/de-emphasis applied to a signal at the input node.