Hardware based XIP exit sequence to enable XIP mode operation on SPI boot interface

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PATENT NO 9910676
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14861451

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Methods and apparatus are provided for controlling one or more memory devices connected to an input output (IO) circuit through a serial peripheral interface (SPI), to make any device which is in execute in place (XIP) mode exit XIP mode. An example method comprises driving an initial signal from the IO circuit onto the data pins for a first plurality of clock cycles, the initial signal causing any memory device not in XIP mode to treat subsequent signals as a dummy read, disabling a driving function of the IO circuit prior to a negative edge of a last one of the first plurality of clock cycles, stopping generation of clock signals for a transition waiting period after the first plurality of clock cycles, and activating a weak pull-up of the IO circuit to apply logic high on all of the data pins for a second plurality of clock cycles.

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IP GEM GROUP LLC19900 MACARTHUR BOULEVARD SUITE 650 IRVINE CA 92612

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Ramalingam, Sujaata Bangalore, IN 5 7
Sivaraman, Nair Unnikrishnan Bangalore, IN 2 8

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