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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2015
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 5/14 (2006.01); G11C 7/10 (2006.01); G11C 8/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 5/147 (2013.01); G11C 7/1006 (2013.01); G11C 7/1057 (2013.01); G11C 7/1084 (2013.01); G11C 5/148 (2013.01); G11C 7/1045 (2013.01); G11C 8/12 (2013.01); G11C 2207/2227 (2013.01);
Abstract
A memory device that operates in a low-power operation mode includes a memory cell array, a page size changing circuit, and an encoding and decoding changing circuit. The page size changing circuit changes the number of data items prefetched in the memory cell array according to a power mode during a read operation. The encoding and decoding changing circuit changes a level of data written in the memory cell array according to the power mode during a read operation.