Method for operating a dynamic low-power
double data rate 5 direct access memory, LPDDR5
DRAM, in a multi-rank memory
system (10) which includes a plurality of memory ranks (RNK1 - RNKM), wherein the method includes the following steps: Receiving a write command intended for a first
memory rank (RNK1) from the plurality of memory ranks (RNK1 - RNKM), wherein the write command corresponds to an LPDDR5 standard and is not intended for a second
memory rank (RNK2) from the plurality of memory ranks (RNK1 - RNKM); Activating a receive buffer (720, BF1) in the first
memory rank (RNK1); Disabling a transfer driver (710, DR1) in the first memory rank (RNK1); Disabling a receive buffer (720, BF2) and a transmit driver (710, DR2) in the second memory rank (RNK2); Receiving a data strobe
signal pair (WCK_T, WCK_C); Activating (S200) on-die terminal, ODT, circuits (300) of the first memory rank (RNK1) and the second memory rank (RNK2) in response to the write command; Receiving data signals while the data strobe
signal pair (WCK_T, WCK_C) is toggled during the activation of the ODT circuits (300) of the first memory rank (RNK1) and the second memory rank (RNK2); Receiving a read instruction intended for the first memory rank (RNK1), where the read instruction conforms to the LPDDR5 standard and is not intended for the second memory rank (RNK2); Enabling the transfer driver (710, DR1) in the first memory rank (RNK1); Disable the receive buffer (720, BF1) in the first memory rank (RNK1); Disable the receive buffer (720, BF2) and the transmit driver (710, DR2) in the second memory rank (RNK2); Disable (S300) the ODT circuit (300) of the first memory rank (RNK1) and enable the ODT circuit (300) of the second memory rank (RNK2) in response to the read command; and Sending data signals while the data strobe
signal pair (WCK_T, WCK_C) is toggled during the disabling of the ODT circuit of the first memory rank (RNK1) and the enabling of the ODT circuit (300) of the second memory rank (RNK2).