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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 1988
Filed:
Oct. 29, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yasuo Akatsuka, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
365227 ; 307 66 ;
Abstract
An improved memory circuit having power-down mode is disclosed. The memory is of the type having a memory cell matrix and a peripheral circuit for achieving access operation to the memory cell matrix under control of at least one control signal and is featured in that a power supply to at least a part of the peripheral circuit is stopped only when the control signal is kept inactive for a predetermined period or more, reducing the power consumption in the memory.