Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Memory device to suspend ROM operation and a method of operating the memory device
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Application No.: US16815676Application Date: 2020-03-11
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Publication No.: US11538518B2Publication Date: 2022-12-27
- Inventor: Hyeon Su Nam , Yong Soon Park
- Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
- Applicant Address: KR Icheon-si
- Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
- Current Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Icheon-si
- Agency: William Park & Associates Ltd.
- Priority: KR10-2019-0091191 20190726
- Main IPC: G06F9/32
- IPC: G06F9/32 ; G11C11/4093 ; G11C29/18 ; G06F9/4401 ; G06F9/30 ; G11C7/22 ; G11C16/16 ; G11C16/24 ; G11C17/08 ; G11C11/4074 ; G06F9/26

Abstract:
A memory device in accordance with a described method of operation includes a read only memory (ROM) address controller and a suspend signal generator. The ROM address controller is configured to sequentially output a plurality of operation ROM addresses at which ROM codes to be executed in response to an operation command are stored, and to suspend output of the plurality of operation ROM addresses in response to a suspend signal. The suspend signal generator is configured to generate the suspend signal that is activated during a preset period depending on whether a suspend ROM address is identical to an operation ROM address, among the plurality of operation ROM addresses, currently being output. The suspend ROM address is an address at which a ROM code, execution of which is to be suspended, among the ROM codes, is stored.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210027831A1 MEMORY DEVICE AND A METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2021-01-28
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