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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2004
Timothy B. Cowles, Boise, ID (US);
Brian M. Shirley, Boise, ID (US);
Greg A. Blodgett, Nampa, ID (US);
Timothy B. Cowles, Boise, ID (US);
Brian M. Shirley, Boise, ID (US);
Greg A. Blodgett, Nampa, ID (US);
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Abstract
A power saving circuit disables input buffers for command and address signals during an auto-refresh of a DRAM. The input buffers are re-enabled at the end of the auto-refresh in a manner that does not cause spurious commands to be generated. The power saving circuit prevents spurious commands by biasing internal command signals to a 'no operation' command whenever the input buffers for the command signals are disabled. The DRAM may also be placed in a mode in which it automatically transitions to a low power precharge mode at the end of the auto-refresh to further reduce power consumed by the DRAM.
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