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Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2012

Filed:

Oct. 24, 2008
Applicants:

Shinya Fujioka, Kawasaki, JP;

Yasuyuki Eguchi, Kawasaki, JP;

Inventors:

Shinya Fujioka, Kawasaki, JP;

Yasuyuki Eguchi, Kawasaki, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The memory system includes a semiconductor memory that has an internal circuit, which operates according to a first power supply voltage, and a memory input/output circuit coupled to the internal circuit and operates according to a second power supply voltage, a first control unit that includes a control input/output circuit, coupled to the memory input/output circuit and operates according to the second power supply voltage, a voltage generating unit that generates the second power supply voltage and changes the second power supply voltage according to a voltage adjustment signal, a clock generating unit that generates the clock signal and changes the frequency of the clock signal according to a clock adjustment signal, and a second control unit that generates the voltage adjustment signal and the clock adjustment signal according to an access state of the semiconductor memory by the first control unit.


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