IP Library Granted Patent US 7,057,968
Granted Patent B2
US 7,057,968 · App. 11/075,739 · Granted Jun 6, 2006

Semiconductor integrated circuit device

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Patent No.
US 7,057,968
App. No.
11/075,739
Granted
Jun 6, 2006
Kind
B2
Abstract

Logic circuits access a memory block by way of an access circuit. The memory block, which is formed of a mixed configuration of DRAMs and an SRAM, realizes the desired memory space. A data output register is provided at the output side of the SRAM so as to synchronize data output timing from the DRAMs with data output timing from the SRAM.

Claims (14)

1. A semiconductor integrated circuit device comprising:

a DRAM for storing at least one bit of data written into an address of a memory block;

an SRAM for storing at least another one bit of the data; and

a register coupled to an output of the SRAM, the register outputting data in synchronism with the DRAM,

wherein said at least one bit of the data is directly provided from the DRAM while at the same time said at least another one bit of the data is provided by the SRAM via the register as an output of the memory block.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the DRAM has a common address specification format with the SRAM.

3. The device of claim 2 , wherein the DRAM has a common command input method with the SRAM.

4. A semiconductor integrated circuit device comprising:

a DRAM for storing at least one bit of data written into an address of a memory block;

an SRAM for storing at least another one bit of the data;

a register coupled to an output of the SRAM, the register outputting data in synchronism with the DRAM;

a plurality of logic circuits, and

an access circuit for, upon receipt of an instruction from the logic circuits, accessing the memory block by performing time division processing,

wherein an operation clock for the memory block is set at a higher frequency than an operation clock for the logic circuits.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 11, 2018
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: CETUS TECHNOLOGIES INC.
Reel/Frame 047855/0799 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 11, 2017
From: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 044831/0898 →