Method for providing synchronous refresh cycles in self-refreshing interruptable DRAMs
US5335201A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 15, 1991 |
| Grant date | Aug 2, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 15, 2011 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11C11/406
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The invention is a method for synchronizing the refresh cycles of a bank of self-refreshing interruptable DRAMs. The refresh cycles are synchronized through a bidirectional control path from each self-refreshing interruptable DRAM to its respective external refresh pin.
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