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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2015
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Koichi Fujisaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Tetsuro Kimura, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsunori Kanai, Kanagawa, JP;
Junichi Segawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaya Tarui, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Shirai, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyoshi Haruki, Kanagawa, JP;
Yusuke Shirota, Kanagawa, JP;
Akihiro Shibata, Tokyo, JP;
Shiyo Yoshimura, Kanagawa, JP;
TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
According to an embodiment, a communication device includes a register and a controller. The register receives data from an external device via an input data line. In a first state in which the communication device is able to receive the data, when a condition in which the data is not sent to the input data line continues for a certain period of time, the controller controls to switch state of the communication device to a second state in which power consumption is less than in the first state.