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Semiconductor memory device

US6618320B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 11, 2002
Grant dateSep 9, 2003
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Expiry dateDec 11, 2022

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11C7/1072
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A semiconductor memory device is provided with a clock generation circuit that generates a first clock that has the same frequency and phase as an external clock, and a second clock that has the same frequency as the external clock but a phase a quarter phase shifted, and the first clock and the second clock are supplied to the two DDR-DRAMs as clocks so that the two DDR-DRAMs can operate in a state of being a quarter phase shifted from each other. A data output section outputs data respectively for time periods corresponding to a quarter phase from points a fixed phase behind the leading edge and the trailing edge of the first or the second clock and brings a data output circuit into a high impedance state for other time periods.

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