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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2010
Takuya Nakanishi, Tsukuba, JP;
Zer Liang, Tsukuba, JP;
Takuya Nakanishi, Tsukuba, JP;
Zer Liang, Tsukuba, JP;
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Abstract
In one or more of the disclosed embodiments, the number of times toggle operations of a data bus are performed at the time of a data transmission in a semiconductor storage apparatus is reduced, thereby reducing the power consumption. For example, a semiconductor storage apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises a DRF bus, a DRF bus, a GDRF bus and a GDRF bus. The DRF bus and DRF bus, and the GDRF bus and GDRF bus, are placed in parallel for the purpose of reducing the number of times toggle operations of a data bus are performed at the time of a data transmission. The DRF bus is added to make the DRFF bus perform a toggle operation only when the DRF buses on both sides are made to perform a toggle operation if the data transmission were performed in a conventional system.