Patent ID: 8526247

Claim:
A memory, comprising: a first signal node; a second signal node; a first signal buffer coupled to the first signal node and configured to be operative responsive to a first read data strobe signal associated with read data provided by the memory and further configured to be operative responsive to a first non-data signal, wherein the first signal buffer is configured to provide the first read data strobe signal to the first signal node when the first non-data signal is not received by the first signal buffer from the first signal node, and wherein the first signal buffer is configured to receive the first non-data signal from the first signal node when the first read data strobe signal is not provided by the first signal buffer to the first signal node; and a second signal buffer coupled to the second signal node and configured to be operative responsive to a second read data strobe signal associated with the read data provided by the memory and further configured to be operative resonsive to a second non-data signal, the second non-data signal not a mask signal, wherein the second signal buffer is configured to provide second data strobe signal to the second signal node when the second non-data signal is not received by the second signal buffer from the second signal node, and wherein the second signal buffer is configured to receive the second non-data signal from the second signal node when the second read data strobe signal is not provided by the second signal buffer to the second signal node.