US Patent 7376020 Memory using a single-node data, address and control bus

Patent 7376020 was granted and assigned to Microchip Technology on May, 2008 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Current Assignee

Microchip Technology

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

7376020

Date of Patent

May 20, 2008

Patent Application Number

11301670

Date Filed

December 13, 2005

Patent Primary Examiner

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David Lam

Patent abstract

An integrated circuit digital device is coupled to a memory with a single-node data, address and control bus. The memory may be a non-volatile memory and/or volatile memory. The memory may be packaged in a low pin count integrated circuit package. The memory integrated circuit package may have a ground terminal, VSS; a power terminal, VDD or VCC; and a bidirectional serial input-output (I/O) terminal, SCIO. Memory block address set-up may be performed via software instructions through the SCIO terminal. In addition, hardwired memory block address selection terminals A0 and A1 may be used when more then three terminals are available on the memory integrated circuit package. The memory may have active pull-up and pull-down drivers coupled to the single-node data, address and control bus.