Semiconductor memory circuit
AssigneesRenesas Electronics Corporation, Hitachi Device Engineering Co., Ltd.
InventorsTakesada Akiba, Shigeld Ueda, Toshikazu Tachibana, Masashi Horiguchi
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AssigneesRenesas Electronics Corporation, Hitachi Device Engineering Co., Ltd.
InventorsTakesada Akiba, Shigeld Ueda, Toshikazu Tachibana, Masashi Horiguchi
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The present invention provides a semiconductor memory circuit capable of reducing current consumption at non-operation in a system equipped with a plurality of chips that share the use of a power supply, address signals and a data bus. The semiconductor memory circuit has an internal circuit which is capable of selectively performing the supply and stop of an operating voltage via switch means and includes a memory array. An input circuit, which receives a predetermined control signal therein, controls the supply and stop of the operating voltage by the switch means to reduce a DC current and a leak current when no memory operation is done, whereby low power consumption can be realized.
A semiconductor memory circuit comprising:
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