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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 29, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 29, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
365228 ; 365226 ; 365227 ; 365222 ;
Abstract
A clock buffer in a semiconductor memory device includes two kinds of interface circuits, i.e., an LVTTL interface and an SSTL interface. When the semiconductor memory device is set to a specific mode (self-refresh mode) for suppressing a power consumption, the LVTTL is used for taking in an external signal. In a mode other than the self-refresh mode, the SSTL interface is used to take in an externally supplied signal. Thereby, a current can be suppressed in the specific mode.