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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2014
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); G11C 7/10 (2006.01); G11C 11/408 (2006.01); G11C 8/18 (2006.01); G11C 8/06 (2006.01); G06F 13/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/1072 (2013.01); G06F 13/1668 (2013.01); G11C 8/06 (2013.01); G11C 8/18 (2013.01); G11C 11/408 (2013.01); G11C 11/4087 (2013.01);
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 is provided via an address bus and a first active command is provided via a command bus the DRAM. The second portion of the row address is provided via the address bus and a second active command is provided via the command bus to the DRAM, after the first 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.