摘要:
An integrated circuit memory device and a method of providing access to multiple memory types within a single integrated circuit memory device are described. In various embodiments, the integrated circuit memory device includes a non-volatile memory array having a first emulated memory region and a second emulated memory region, and a controller having an interface. The memory device is configured to emulate a first emulated memory type and a second emulated memory type. The memory device is further configured to store data in the first emulated memory region when the memory device emulates the first emulated memory type, and in the second emulated memory region when the memory device emulates the second emulated memory type.
摘要:
Integrated circuit with a parallel-serial converter The invention relates to an integrated circuit and method for time-offset provision of input data for a parallel-serial converter, in particular for or in a DDR semiconductor memory, having at least n input terminals at which at least n data packets are present in parallel, a delay device arranged in a manner connected downstream of the input terminals, at least some of the data packets present on the input side being output in time-offset fashion with respect to one another by said delay device, a parallel-serial converter arranged in a manner connected downstream of the delay device, which parallel-serial converter performs a conversion of the data packets that are present in parallel and are time-offset with respect to one another into an output data signal comprising the time-offset data packets in serial form, and an output terminal for outputting the output data signal.
摘要:
Register for the parallel-serial conversion of data having a plurality of cyclically driven shift registers (2), each comprising series-connected data holding elements (3), each data holding element (3) being connected to a data input line (5), each shift register (2), upon receiving an input control signal (INP) for the shift register (2), loading the data present on the data input lines (5) into the data holding elements (3) connected thereto; each shift register (2), upon receiving an output control signal (OUTP) for the shift register (2), outputting the datum buffer-stored in the last data holding element of the shift register (2), in which case there is connected downstream of each shift register (2) a further data holding element (10), which, upon receiving an input control signal (INP) for loading the preceding shift register (2), is preloaded with the datum for the first data holding element (3-3) of the shift register (2) and, upon reception of the output control signal (OUTP) for the shift register (2), outputs said preloaded datum to an output data line (22) via a data signal driver (18) for generating a serial output data stream with unambiguous data signal states.
摘要:
The method of operating an integrated circuit including the step of writing to a memory cell, which can assume a first and a second logical state and wherein a change from the second logical state to the first logical state lasts longer than a change from the first logical state to the second logical state, includes reading the logical state of the memory cell, changing, depending on the logical state of the memory cell read, the logical state to the first logical state or retaining the same in the first logical state and, depending on the logical state to be written, changing the logical state to the second logical state or retaining the same in the first logical state.
摘要:
The invention relates to a parallel-serial converter for converting parallel data into serial data, in particular for or in a DDR semiconductor memory, having at least n input terminals at which n data signals are present in parallel, an output terminal for outputting a serial data signal, a controllable latch connected to the input terminals on the input side, a common storage node, which is connected to outputs of the latch and which holds a data signal of the controllable latch present last, a controllable bypass device, which has an input, which is coupled to the storage node on the output side and which has a control terminal, via which a predeterminable state present at the input of the bypass device can be switched onto the storage node. The invention furthermore relates to a semiconductor memory having such a parallel-serial converter and to a method for operating such a parallel-serial converter.
摘要:
The invention provides a method for setting and controlling a read latency (L) by means of a FIFO-based read latency control circuit for a read access to a semiconductor memory, having the method steps of providing a common internal clock signal; generating an internal first clock signal and an internal second clock signal, which is different from the first clock signal, from the common clock signal; generating an output pointer for reading out the read data from the first clock signal; generating an input pointer for reading in the read data from the second clock signal; initializing the input and output pointers by allocating a defined, fixedly predetermined time offset between output pointer and input pointer. The invention furthermore provides a corresponding circuit arrangement for carrying out the method.
摘要:
The invention relates to a DDR memory and to a storage method for storing data in a DDR memory having a plurality of memory cells which each have a prescribed word length, in which a serial data input is used to read in serial data on a rising or falling edge of the data clock signal, and a serial-parallel converter is used to put together a prescribed number of data items from the data read in to give a prescribed number of words from data words having the prescribed word length. To make transferring the data from one synchronization area to another synchronization area, and resynchronization thereof, more reliable, the invention involves an interface memory copying the at least one data word from the serial-parallel converter upon receipt of a copy signal which is synchronous with the data block signal and outputting it to a bus upon receipt of an output signal which is synchronous with the system clock signal.
摘要:
Control circuit for a data path of an S-DRAM which is clocked by a high-frequency clock signal, having a programmable mode register for storing a latency value; a latency generator for temporally delaying a data path control signal, generated by an internal sequence controller, with a switchable latency; a latency decoder, which switches the latency generator in a manner dependent on the latency value stored in the mode register, provision being made of at least one signal delay element, which can be switched in by the latency decoder and serves for the signal delay of the data path control signal with a specific delay time, the latency decoder switching in the associated signal delay element if the stored latency value is high.
摘要:
A determination of the memory state of a resistive n-level memory cell is described. The determination includes charging or discharging a read capacity of the memory cell by applying a voltage between a first electrode and a second electrode of the resistive memory cell. A voltage at the second electrode is compared to a reference voltage to obtain a comparison signal. The comparison signal is sampled at, at least, (n−1) time instants during the charge or discharge of the read capacity to obtain sampling values. The memory state of the memory cell can be determined based upon the sampling values.
摘要:
The method of operating an integrated circuit including the step of writing to a memory cell, which can assume a first and a second logical state and wherein a change from the second logical state to the first logical state lasts longer than a change from the first logical state to the second logical state, includes reading the logical state of the memory cell, changing, depending on the logical state of the memory cell read, the logical state to the first logical state or retaining the same in the first logical state and, depending on the logical state to be written, changing the logical state to the second logical state or retaining the same in the first logical state.