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Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2014

Filed:

Oct. 08, 2013
Applicant:

Elpida Memory, Inc., Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Atsuo Koshizuka, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

PS4 Luxco S.A.R.L., Luxembourg, LU;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A system including a controller and a memory device interconnected to the controller; the controller includes a set of first terminals that is connected to the memory device through a set of first signal lines, and a control circuit configured to generate and output onto the set of first terminals edge specifying information that takes a selected one of first and second states, the edge specifying information being supplied to the memory device to cause the memory device to activate a data strobe signal at a first timing when the selected one of the edge specifying information is the first state and at a second timing, that is different from the first timing, when the edge specifying information is the second state. The control circuit is further configured to generate and output onto the set of first terminals a read command, the read command being supplied to the memory device.


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