Semiconductor memory component
AssigneeInfineon Technologies AG
InventorsFranz-Xaver Obergruss-Berger, Andreas Baenisch, Ellen Toll
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Abstract
A plurality of digital-analog converters and analog-digital converters are connected in the data lines between the connection contacts and the memory cells of a memory device. The memory can be read, written to and actuated by analog data transfers instead of the previous digital signals. The same volume of data, for which a plurality of connection contact areas were normally required, can thus be read via just one connection contact. Addressing the memory cells requires no more than respective contact areas for the analog row address and the analog column address, which are converted into digital addresses using analog-digital converters.
Claims4
A semiconductor component, comprising:
- a semiconductor chip with a semiconductor memory having an array with a plurality of memory cells;
- at least one connection contact;
- an electrically conductive connection between said at least one connection contact and said semiconductor memory;
- at least one converter device selected from the group consisting of a digital-analog converter and an analog-digital converter incorporated in said electrically conductive connection for enabling a utilization of said semiconductor memory with analog signals;
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- wherein a number of said connection contacts for said semiconductor chip is less than a number of connection contacts required for a utilization of said semiconductor memory with digital signals.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.