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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael Farmwald, Berkeley, CA (US);
Mark Horowitz, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Rambus Inc., Los Altos, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/300 ; G11C 7/22 ; G11C 7/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/300 ; G11C 7/22 ; G11C 7/06 ;
Abstract
A synchronous memory device including an array of memory cells. The memory device includes a plurality of sense amplifiers, coupled to the array of memory cells, to sense data. The memory device further includes input receiver circuitry to sample an operation code synchronously with respect to a transition of an external clock signal. The operation code including precharge information and, in response to the precharge information, the plurality of sense amplifiers are automatically precharged after the data is sensed.