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US 8,572,292 B2Granted
Command interface systems and methods
AssigneeMicron Technology, Inc.
InventorsYutaka Ito, Tadashi Yamamoto
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Abstract
Apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed that operate within a memory to execute internal commands, to suspend the execution of commands during a transfer period, and to execute external commands following the transfer period. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- executing internal commands with a command decoder in an electronic device during a sleep mode of operation of the electronic device;
- receiving external command signals in the electronic device to indicate an end of the sleep mode of operation;
- disabling the command decoder with a signal generated by the electronic device in response to the external command signals during a transfer period between the first sleep mode of operation and a normal mode of operation of the electronic device;
- and
- executing external commands with the command decoder in the electronic device during the normal mode of operation of the electronic device following the transfer period.
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A method comprising:
- executing internal commands with a command decoder in an electronic device during a sleep mode of operation;
- generating an internal disable command in the electronic device;
- disabling the command decoder with the internal disable command during a transfer period between the sleep mode of operation and a normal mode of operation;
- and
- executing external commands with the command decoder in the electronic device during the normal mode of operation following the transfer period.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a command decoder in an electronic device to decode and execute internal commands within the electronic device during a sleep mode of operation and to decode and execute external commands during a normal mode of operation;
- and
- a controller in the electronic device to generate a disable command to disable the command decoder during a transfer period between the sleep mode of operation and the normal mode of operation.
An apparatus comprising:
- an array of memory cells in a memory device;
- a command decoder in the memory device to decode and execute internal commands during a sleep mode of operation and to decode and execute external commands during a normal mode of operation with respect to the memory cells in the array;
- and
- a controller in the memory device, the controller structured to generate a disable command to disable the command decoder during a transfer period between the sleep mode of operation and the normal mode of operation.
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A method comprising:
- generating internal commands in an electronic device during a sleep mode of operation;
- executing the internal commands with a command decoder in the electronic device during the sleep mode of operation of the electronic device;
- receiving external commands in the electronic device during a normal mode of operation;
- executing the external commands with the command decoder during the normal mode of operation of the electronic device;
- and
- disabling the command decoder in the electronic device when changing between the sleep mode of operation and the normal mode of operation of the electronic device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.