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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:
Dec. 09, 1997
Filed:
Dec. 15, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Mamoru Kitamura, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
365227 ; 326 62 ;
Abstract
A power conserving circuit configuration is presented which reduces the power supplied to the input/output pins in the initial input circuit in a synchronous semiconductor device. The circuit reduces the power to the input/output pins in the initial input circuit during the standby mode and/or readout mode, and restores the power to the initial input circuit, when an input signal is entered in an external disabling pin which generates an output disabling signal, which makes the output signal from the input/output pin to be nullified and causes the power to be restored in the synchronous semiconductor device.