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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Shigenori Miyauchi, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/00 ;
Abstract
A semiconductor memory unit which includes a plurality of nonvolatile memories for storing data and is operable at a plurality of source voltages, comprising: a voltage detector for detecting an input voltage inputted to the semiconductor memory unit from the source voltages; and a central processing unit (CPU) which sets a maximum permissible current consumption value of the semiconductor memory unit on the basis of the input voltage and controls the number of the nonvolatile memories operated at a time such that a current consumption value of the semiconductor memory unit does not exceed the maximum permissible current consumption value.