Patent · US Expired

Memory device and method of accessing a memory device

US6804160B2 · kind B2 · utility

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5References

16Claims

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Assignee

Infineon Technologies AG · DE

Inventors

Andre Schäfer · Hersbruck, DE
Andrea Zuckerstatter · Munich, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 7, 2002
Grant date	Oct 12, 2004
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 7, 2022

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG11C5/14
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A memory device includes a memory module, a control unit and a bus connected to the memory module and the control unit. In an accessing operation of the memory module via bus, the control unit applies a first command which causes high power consumption in the memory module, to the memory module via part of the bus only.

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