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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2007
Applicants:
Chunyu Zhang, Folsom, CA (US);
Chris D. Matthews, Folsom, CA (US);
Inventors:
Chunyu Zhang, Folsom, CA (US);
Chris D. Matthews, Folsom, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Power consumption of an address bus interface is reduced by reducing drive duration of address signals on the address bus. The address bus interface may operate in normal or power saving mode. In power saving mode, address signals are driven for a quarter of a clock period instead of half a clock period and address strobe edges are moved so that they are aligned with valid address signals.