Abstract: Disclosed is a semiconductor storage device in which control is performed in such a manner that if the refresh operation is not being performed when a chip-select signal undergoes a transition from an inactive (standby) state to an active state, read or write access is executed immediately and if the refresh operation is in progress when the chip-select signal undergoes a transition from the inactive state to the active state, a wait signal for causing read or write access to wait is generated by a wait generating circuit.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device has common terminals shared between a part or all of address terminals for receiving n bits of an address signal and data terminals for outputting a data signal with its bit width of n bits or less and dedicated address terminals for receiving m bits of the address signal, wherein at the time of a read, after the n bits of the address signal have been input, a plurality of data signals within a selected page are consecutively read out through the common terminals using the m bits of the address signal input from the dedicated address terminals.

Abstract: There is provided a method of entry of an operation mode of a semiconductor memory during operations without need of any specific timing specification and with effective suppression to any erroneous entry. If read cycles for plural addresses are continued, then a request for entry of operation mode is accepted (steps S1 and S2). In write cycles following to those read cycles, an operation mode to be entered is decided based on data externally designated, wherein in the first write cycle, the kind of the operation mode is set, and then in the next write cycle, conditions for the operation mode are set for the entry of the operation mode of the semiconductor memory.

Abstract: Disclosed is a semiconductor storage device in which control is performed in such a manner that if the refresh operation is not being performed when a chip-select signal undergoes a transition from an inactive (standby) state to an active state, read or write access is executed immediately and if the refresh operation is in progress when the chip-select signal undergoes a transition from the inactive state to the active state, a wait signal for causing read or write access to wait is generated by a wait generating circuit.

Abstract: There is provided a method of entry of an operation mode of a semiconductor memory during operations without need of any specific timing specification and with effective suppression to any erroneous entry. If read cycles for plural addresses are continued, then a request for entry of operation mode is accepted (steps S1 and S2). In write cycles following to those read cycles, an operation mode to be entered is decided based on data externally designated, wherein in the first write cycle, the kind of the operation mode is set, and then in the next write cycle, conditions for the operation mode are set for the entry of the operation mode of the semiconductor memory.

Abstract: There is provided a method of entry of an operation mode of a semiconductor memory during operations without need of any specific timing specification and with effective suppression to any erroneous entry. If read cycles for plural addresses are continued, then, a request for entry of operation mode is accepted. In write cycles following to those read cycles, an operation mode to be entered is decided based on data externally designated, wherein in the first write cycle, the kind of the operation mode is set, and then in the next write cycle, conditions for the operation mode are set for the entry of the operation mode of the semiconductor memory.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device has common terminals shared between a part or all of address terminals for receiving n bits of an address signal and data terminals for outputting a data signal with its bit width of n bits or less and dedicated address terminals for receiving m bits of the address signal, wherein at the time of a read, after the n bits of the address signal have been input, a plurality of data signals within a selected page are consecutively read out through the common terminals using the m bits of the address signal input from the dedicated address terminals.

Abstract: There is provided a method of entry of an operation mode of a semiconductor memory during operations without need of any specific timing specification and with effective suppression to any erroneous entry.

Abstract: According to the disclosed embodiments, a semiconductor memory device may include an address register circuit (406) and data register circuit (411) that can store a write address and write data from one write operation and output the stored write address and write data during a subsequent write operation. In a dynamic random access memory (DRAM) embodiment (400), a precharge and/or refresh operation may follow the writing of previously stored write data. Such an arrangement may reduce and/or eliminate a read after write timing requirement (TWR), which can improve the operating speed of the semiconductor memory device.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an asynchronous static random access memory (SRAM) circuit (100) can provide reduced power consumption and high-speed access. An SRAM circuit (100) may include address registers (122 and 128) that can store a write address from one write operation and output the stored write address during a subsequent write operation. A data register (138) may also be included that can store write data from one write operation and output the stored write data during a subsequent write operation. Memory cells of a memory cell array (102) may be selected according to a pulse word signal PW. A pulse word signal PW can be generated in response to transitions in an address and transitions in a write enable signal /WE. Hit address comparators (220) within address registers (122 and 128) in combination with a hit AND gate (136) can activate a HIT ALL signal when a stored write address matches an applied read address.

Abstract: According to the disclosed embodiments, a semiconductor memory device may include an address register circuit (406) and data register circuit (411) that can store a write address and write data from one write operation and output the stored write address and write data during a subsequent write operation. In a dynamic random access memory (DRAM) embodiment (400), a precharge and/or refresh operation may follow the writing of previously stored write data. Such an arrangement may reduce and/or eliminate a read after write timing requirement (TWR), which can improve the operating speed of the semiconductor memory device.