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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 1997
Filed:
Dec. 29, 1995
Indraneel Ghosh, Rancho Cordova, CA (US);
Chin Shu Tan, Folsom, CA (US);
Wenteh Pan, Gold River, CA (US);
Subeer Kamal Patel, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A data storage device is provided. The data storage device, which is coupled to a data processing device, includes a memory array partitioning into a plurality of memory banks. The data storage device further includes a bank enable circuit for enabling at least one of the memory banks from the plurality of memory banks of the memory array. The data storage device also includes an operation/pseudooperation enable circuit (OPEC) for generating an operation or a pseudooperation signal to one or more banks enabled by the bank enable circuit. The OPEC has a first input for receiving an operation request signal from the data processing device and a second input. Additionally the data storage device includes a pseudooperation control circuit for controllably generating a pseudooperation request signal to the bank enable circuit and to the second input of the OPEC.