Semiconductor device with common pin for address and data
AssigneeHyundai Electronics Industries Co., Ltd.
InventorJin Hyeok Choi
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a semiconductor memory device; and, more particular, to DRAM and SRAM having a common pin for address and data signals. A semiconductor memory circuit in accordance with the present invention has at least one common signal input terminal for receiving data signals and address signals, wherein the common signal input terminal is coupled to a plurality signal paths and a signal path selector for selecting one of the plurality signal paths in response to a write enable signal, a read enable and a control signal from a memory controller. The signal path selector has a plurality of buffers on the signal paths and the signal path selector selects one of the buffers in response to a write enable signal, a read enable and a control signal from a memory controller.
Claims11
A signal processing device receiving signals from an external circuit and outputting processed signals to the external circuit, the signal processing device comprising:
- at least one common signal input means for receiving more than two kinds of signals;
- a plurality of signal paths connected to the common signal input means;
- a control means for controlling the signal paths in response to a plurality of control signals from the external circuit;
- the external circuit comprising a controller for controlling the signal processing device and the control signals comprising a first control signal for inputting the signals, a second control signal for outputting the processed signals and a third control signal for controlling the signal paths;
- the signal processing device comprising a plurality of buffer means on each signal path so that each signal on the signal paths is buffered in the buffer means in response to the control signals;
- the signal processing device further comprising a plurality of latch circuits, wherein the buffer means are selectively connected to the latch circuits through a plurality of switching means;
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- the switching means being controlled by pulse signals which is produced by the third control signal.
A semiconductor memory device comprising:
- at least one common signal input terminal for receiving data signals and address signals;
- a first input terminal for receiving a read-enable signal;
- a second input terminal for receiving a write enable signal;
- a third input terminal for receiving a first control signal to control a signal transferring path according to kinds of signals on the common signal input terminal, wherein the signals on the common signal input terminal are the data signals or the address signals;
- a data input means coupled to the common signal input terminal for inputting the data signals to memory cells in response to the write enable signal and the first control signal;
- an address input means coupled to the common signal input terminal for inputting the address signals to a decoding means in response to the write enable signal and the first control signal;
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- a pulse generating means for generating first and second pulse signals, wherein the first pulse signal is going from a high logic state to a low logic state at a falling edge of the first control signal, and the second pulse signal is going from a high logic state to a low logic state at a arising edge of the first control signal, the pulse generating means comprising:
- a first inverting means for inverting the first control signal;
- a second inverting means for inverting an output from the first inverting means;
- a first delay means for delaying an output from the second inverting means;
- a first logic gate for NANDing an output from the first inverting means and an output from the first delay means for producing the first pulse signal;
- a third inverting means for inverting the first control signal;
- a second delay means for delaying an output from the third inverting means;
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- a second logic gate for NANDing an output from the third inverting means and an output from the second delay means for producing the second pulse signal.
A semiconductor memory circuit comprising:
- at least one common signal input terminal for receiving data signals and address signals, wherein the common signal input terminal is coupled to a plurality of signal paths;
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- a signal path selecting means for selecting one of the plurality of signal paths in response to a write enable signal, a read enable signal and a control signal from a memory controller,
- wherein the signal path selecting means comprises a plurality of buffers on the signal paths and wherein the signal path selecting mean selects one of the buffers in response to a write enable signal, a read enable and a control signal from a memory controller;
- each of the plurality of buffers further comprises a plurality of latch circuits;
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- latched signals are selected by a chip enable signal, the write enable signal and the control signal from a memory controller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.