SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIGITAL SIGNALING AND DIGITAL STORAGE

摘要

Systems and methods for storing and/or communicating digital data associated with amplitudes and phases of a virtual periodic waveform having a designated period between components include, in one embodiment, circuitry that converts a first amplitude and a first phase to a first corresponding voltage or current and applies the first corresponding voltage or current to a first one of the plurality of components, such as conductors connecting integrated circuit chips or capacitors of a DRAM device, and converts the first amplitude and the first phase to (n−1) corresponding voltages or currents based on amplitudes of the periodic waveform phase shifted by about m*(360/n) relative to the first phase where m is indexed from one to (n−1) and applies each corresponding voltage or current to an associated component. Decoding is performed by comparing magnitudes of the component signals relative to one another rather that to a plurality of thresholds.

主权项

1. A method for coding information using a group of “n” components, comprising:
associating a unique multiple-bit binary pattern with corresponding unique n-dimensional coordinates for each of a plurality of patterns; converting each coordinate of the n-dimensional coordinates to a corresponding voltage or current; applying each voltage or current associated with the n-dimensional coordinates to a corresponding component of the group of “n” components, wherein the number “n” of components is less than the number of bits of each multiple-bit binary pattern; and decoding the multiple-bit binary pattern associated with the n-dimensional coordinates based on detecting relative voltages or currents among the “n” components.