Patent ID: 7177999
Filing Date: 2007-02-13
Classification: G11C

Abstract:
1. A method for reading, from a semiconductor memory, data having a data burst length greater than two, the method comprising: beginning at a first time, receiving, on an address bus of the semiconductor memory, a first address-part associated with memory cells to be addressed; placing no command on a command bus of the semiconductor memory to initiate read access to the memory cells to be addressed until a second time that is later than the first time, wherein at the second time, placing a command on the command bus of the semiconductor memory to initiate read access to the memory cells to be addressed; at the second time, receiving, on the address bus, a second address-part associated with the memory cells to be addressed; and beginning at a third time that is later than the second time, transferring, to a data bus of the semiconductor memory, data associated with the first and second address-parts.