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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2011
Timing adjustment circuit for a memory interface and method of adjusting timing for memory interface
Yosuke Yamahara, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Ota, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Shigehiro Tsuchiya, Tokyo, JP;
Hideaki Kito, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Hiroaki Iijima, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Yosuke Yamahara, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Ota, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Shigehiro Tsuchiya, Tokyo, JP;
Hideaki Kito, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Hiroaki Iijima, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a timing adjustment circuit for a memory interface is presented. The circuit is provided with a gate circuit, an original gate signal generation circuit, a high impedance prevention unit, an impedance control unit and a gate leveling circuit. The gate circuit performs gating of a data strobe signal outputted from a memory. The original gate signal generation circuit generates an original gate signal based on information of a read latency and a burst length. The high impedance prevention unit to prevent the data strobe signal from being in a high impedance state. The impedance control unit controls execution and release of operation of the high impedance prevention unit. The gate leveling circuit outputs a timing adjusted gate signal to the gate circuit based on the original gate signal and the data strobe signal.