Patent ID: 11886376
Assignee: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 18:
19. A method of operating a semiconductor device, the method comprising:
accessing a setting representative of a communication setting for the semiconductor device; and
according to the accessed setting, selectively controlling one or more components of the semiconductor device to select (1) a multi-drop communication configuration or a point-to-point communication configuration, (2) an input communication path and/or an output communication path, (3) a terminated path or a non-terminated path, (4) a single-ended communication configuration or a complementary communication configuration, or a combination thereof for communicated signals,
wherein selectively controlling the one or more components includes:
controlling an operating state of an output buffer configured to generate output signals based on a variable driver voltage that is set to one of at least two voltages; and
controlling an operating state of an input buffer configured to receive input signals within a reading range up to a predetermined voltage from an external circuit according to a variable reference.