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Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2013

Filed:

Dec. 17, 2012
Applicant:

Cypress Semiconductor Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Thinh Tran, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Joseph Tzou, Mountain View, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/42 (2006.01); G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); H04L 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A memory device can include a data path that includes a first-in-first-out circuit (FIFO) to transfer data according to a latency between at least one memory cell array and signal connections of the memory device, the latency corresponding to a number of cycles of a periodic clock; and a self-timed section configured to transfer data independent of the clock. In addition or alternatively, a memory device can include at least one memory cell array; and a FIFO configured to transfer data between at least one memory cell array and other portions of the memory device according to a periodic clock signal, FIFO introducing a latency into the data according to a control signal generated in response to an access command. Methods corresponding to the above devices and operations are also disclosed.


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