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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2005
Stefan Dietrich, Türkenfeld, DE;
Thomas Hein, München, DE;
Patrick Heyne, München, DE;
Peter Schrögmeier, München, DE;
Stefan Dietrich, Türkenfeld, DE;
Thomas Hein, München, DE;
Patrick Heyne, München, DE;
Peter Schrögmeier, München, DE;
Infineon Technologies AG, Munich, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for resetting at least one circuit part of an integrated circuit, in particular a synchronous semiconductor memory, in which a clock signal and a clock signal that is inverted with respect to the latter are provided in order to clock the integrated circuit, and in which, when a reset condition is present, an item of reset information is coded onto the clock signal or onto the inverted clock signal. The invention also relates to a circuit arrangement for carrying out the method according to the invention, having a clock suppression device and a decoder circuit, which is intended to extract the reset information from the clock signal or from the inverted clock signal.