Patent ID: 9575662
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A method of operating a memory device, the method comprising: determining a particular memory device of a plurality of memory devices, connected via a chain topology comprising serial bidirectional interconnections between memory devices, to electronically access based on a command from a processor; transmitting at least one signal from a memory controller directly via a conducting line to a switch within the particular memory device, wherein the conducting line is separate from the bidirectional interconnections; electrically connecting a memory array of the particular memory device to a bidirectional interconnection interface of the particular memory device in response to the at least one signal while electrically disconnecting a memory array of a memory device between the memory controller and the particular memory device; and while the memory of the memory device between the memory controller and the particular memory device is electrically disconnected, electrically connecting the memory array of the particular memory device indirectly to the memory controller via the bidirectional interconnections through the memory device between the memory controller and the particular memory device.