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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2013
Applicant:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, JP;
Inventors:
Kensuke Yamamoto, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroshi Deguchi, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/34 (2006.01); G11C 16/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to one embodiment, CONTROLLER includes a phase comparator that receives a data strobe signal outputted from a memory in response to a read enable signal, and a delayed data strobe signal formed by applying a delay to the data strobe signal, and outputs a result of comparison between phases of two signals. The controller also includes a Duty control unit that corrects a Duty of the read enable signal outputted to the memory based upon the comparison result of the phase comparator.