Apparatus and methods having a command sequence

Details Apparatus and methods having a command sequence Apparatus and methods having a command sequence

2007-07-31

2007-07-31

Peugh, Brian E. (Department: 2187)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory

Storage accessing and control

Control technique

C365S233100

Reexamination Certificate

active

10156420

ABSTRACT:
Power consumption by a memory device is optimized by maintaining data input buffers in an off state until a command sequence containing a write command is received by the memory. A command sequence is provided to the memory device where the command sequence was constructed by generating a command sequence of n cycles and providing valid data in each cycle in which a write command is generated after a mthcycle of the command sequence, where m is less than n. The data input buffers are returned to an off state upon completion of a program or erase operation defined in the received command sequence.

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