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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 11, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
365233 ; 36518905 ; 365227 ;
Abstract
When a clock enable signal asynchronous with a clock signal is set at a high level, a power-down control circuit sets a power-down signal at a high level to release a power-down mode. When the power-down mode is released, a clock control circuit outputs an internal clock signal such that an output signal of a command decoder can be latched. According to such a constitution, a period of time from the latching of the command after releasing the power-down mode to the time when the command can be transferred will be reduced, and a high-speed operation can be attained.