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Semiconductor memory device

US5901101A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 28, 1997
Grant dateMay 4, 1999
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Expiry dateAug 28, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11C11/406
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a semiconductor memory device operable in synchronism with a clock signal externally supplied thereto, there are provided a first part which detects a state of a predetermined signal after a given command is input to the semiconductor memory; and a second part which sets, on the basis of the state of the predetermined signal, the semiconductor memory device to a self-refresh mode in which a refresh operation is carried out without an external signal.

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