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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2019

Filed:

Jun. 27, 2016
Applicant:

Via Technologies, Inc., New Taipei, TW;

Inventors:

Yi-Lin Lai, New Taipei, TW;

Chen-Te Chen, New Taipei, TW;

Assignee:

VIA Technologies, Inc., New Taipei, TW;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/32 (2006.01); G06F 12/02 (2006.01); G06F 13/14 (2006.01); G06F 1/324 (2019.01); G06F 1/3237 (2019.01); G06F 1/3296 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/324 (2013.01); G06F 1/3237 (2013.01); G06F 12/0238 (2013.01); G06F 1/3296 (2013.01); G06F 13/14 (2013.01); G06F 2212/222 (2013.01); G06F 2212/251 (2013.01); Y02D 10/13 (2018.01);
Abstract

A memory apparatus and an energy-saving control method thereof are provided. The memory apparatus includes a plurality of non-volatile memory units and a control chip, and the control chip includes a specific circuit group, a memory control unit and an energy-saving control unit. The memory control unit controls an access to the non-volatile memory units. In a normal mode and during a period of accessing the non-volatile memory units by the control chip, if the non-volatile memory units are in a busy state, the energy-saving control unit controls the clock generation unit to stop outputting an internal clock signal to the specific circuit group, so as to reduce power consumption of the control chip.


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