发明名称 |
Apparatus, system and method for control of speed of operation and power consumption of a memory |
摘要 |
This invention concerns power consumption control of memory having a fully powered state and at least one lower power state. The invention changes the memory to the fully powered state upon receipt of a memory access request. This memory access request is serviced in the fully powered state. The memory is returned to a lower power state after expiration of a grace period following a last memory access request. This grace period can be measured by a predetermined time or a predetermined number of memory access requests or a combination of these factors. The predetermined time may be fixed in manufacture or programmable in operation via a control register or data stored in a predetermined set of address locations within the address space of the memory. This invention is useful in portable electronic devices such as wireless telephones.
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申请公布号 |
US6151262(A) |
申请公布日期 |
2000.11.21 |
申请号 |
US19990426960 |
申请日期 |
1999.10.26 |
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发明人 |
HAROUN, BAHER S.;KO, UMING |
分类号 |
G11C7/16;G11C7/22;H04M1/73;(IPC1-7):G11C7/00 |
主分类号 |
G11C7/16 |
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