Semiconductor device and method
AssigneeKioxia Corporation
InventorTomoaki Suzuki
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Abstract
A semiconductor device includes a terminal group configured to receive a first signal and a second signal from a host, a first chip electrically connected to the terminal group, and a second chip electrically connected to the terminal group. The first chip is configured to, in response to reception of the first signal, transmit a third signal corresponding to the first signal to the second chip. The first chip is configured to, when the first chip has received the second signal before the first signal, refrain from transmitting the third signal to the second chip.
Claims20
A semiconductor device comprising:
- a terminal group configured to receive a first signal and a second signal from a host;
- a first chip electrically connected to the terminal group and configured to receive the first signal and the second signal;
- and
- a second chip electrically connected to the first chip and configured to receive a third signal from the first chip, the third signal corresponding to the first signal,
- wherein the first chip is configured to:
- transmit the third signal to the second chip by the first chip receiving the first signal, and
- refrain from transmitting the third signal to the second chip by the first chip receiving the second signal before the first chip receiving the first signal.
A method of controlling a first chip electrically connected to a second chip, the method comprising:
- transmitting a second signal corresponding to a first signal to the second chip by the first chip receiving the first signal from a host;
- and
- refraining from transmitting the second signal to the second chip by the first chip receiving a third signal before the first chip receives the first signal.
A semiconductor device comprising:
- a terminal group configured to receive a first signal and a second signal from a host;
- a first chip electrically connected to the terminal group and configured to receive the first signal and the second signal;
- and
- a second chip electrically connected to the first chip and configured to receive a third signal from the first chip, the third signal corresponding to the first signal, wherein
- the first chip is configured to switch between a first mode and a second mode by the first chip receiving the second signal,
- the first mode transmits a third signal corresponding to the first signal to the second chip, and
- the second mode refrains from transmitting the third signal to the second chip by the first chip receiving the second signal before the first chip receives the first signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.