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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2010
Takashi Kono, Tokyo, JP;
Ken Matsubara, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Iwase, Tokyo, JP;
Renesas Electronics Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device is provided which can accurately read data with low consumption current. The flash memory selects a memory cell according to an external address signal in response to the leading edge of a clock signal and reads data from the memory cell in response to the leading edge of the clock signal in the normal read mode, whereas, in the low-speed read mode for performing a read operation with lower power consumption than that of the normal read mode, reads data from the memory cell in response to the trailing edge of the clock signal. Therefore, data can be accurately read even if noise is generated in response to the leading edge of the clock signal in the low-speed read mode, because the noise level has dropped at the trailing edge of the clock signal.