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Memory device having circuitry for initializing and reprogramming a control operation feature

US5887162A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 13, 1997
Grant dateMar 23, 1999
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Expiry dateJan 13, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11C11/4096
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A synchronous dynamic random access memory (SDRAM) device having a master control circuit for accepting a first command and a second command and having an initialization and reprogramming circuit. The master control circuit generates an initialization signal in response to the first command and generates a reprogramming signal in response to the second command. The initialization and reprogramming circuit responds to the initialization signal to control initial programming of a control operation feature and responds to the reprogramming signal to control a reprogramming of the control operation feature.

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