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Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2014

Filed:

Dec. 27, 2012
Applicant:

Mediatek Inc., Hsin-Chu, TW;

Inventor:

Der-Ping Liu, Dayuan Township, Taoyuan County, TW;

Assignee:

Mediatek Inc., Hsin-Chu, TW;

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

An access method for a DRAM is provided. A row address is partitioned into a first portion and a second portion. The first portion of the row address via an address bus and a first active command via a command bus are provided to the DRAM. The second portion of the row address via the address bus and a second active command via the command bus are provided to the DRAM after the first active command is provided. A column address via the address bus and an access command via the command bus are provided to the DRAM after the second active command is provided. The address bus is formed by a plurality of address lines, and a quantity of the address lines is smaller than the number of bits of the row address, and the access command is a read command or a write command.


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