Memory Systems

IC Assignment

Guided By: Mr. Anoop, ECE Dept.

BY
AMRITH KRISHNA
AGIN P JOSE
The place where the computer holds current programs
and data that are in use
What is Memory
 ROM
Whose contents can be accessed and
read but cannot be changed to.
 HOW ROM WORKS

ROM contains the programming that allows your

computer to be "booted up" or regenerated each
time you turn it on. Unlike a computer's random
access memory (RAM), the data in ROM is not lost
when the computer power is turned off. The ROM
is sustained by a small long-life battery in your
computer
PROM
EPROM
EEPROM
Bit line

Word line

T
Not connected to store a 1
P Connected to store a 0

A typical ROM Cell

 RAM
Random Access Memory
The main memory that consist of memory chips
that an be read from and written to by the
processor and other devices
 RAM
Random Access Memory
 SRAM
Static Random Access Memory
 SRAM
Static Random Access Memory
b b′

T1 T2
X Y

Word line

Bit lines

Figure 5.4.  A static RAM cell.
 DRAM
Dynamic Random Access Memory
 The long
lines
connecting
each row
are known
as word
lines.

Each column is
actually composed
of two bit lines,
each one
connected to every
other storage cell
in the column
 Burst read of length 4 in an SDRAM.

Clock

R/ W

RA S

CA S

Address Row Col

Data D0 D1 D2 D3
 b7 b′ 7 b1 b′1 b0 b′ 0

W0

•
•
•
FF FF
A0 W1

•
•
•
A1
Address Memory
• • • • • •
decoder • • • • • • cells
A2 • • • • • •
A3

W15

•
•
•
Sense / Write Sense / Write Sense / Write R /W
circuit circuit circuit
CS

Data input/output lines: b7 b1 b0

Figure 5.2. Organization of bit cells in a memory chip.
 5­bit row
address W0
W1
32× 32
5­bit
decoder memory cell
array
W31
Sense/ Write
circuitry

10­bit
address
 32­to­1
R/ W
output multiplexer
and
CS
input demultiplexer

5­bit column
address
Data
input/output

Figure 5.3.  Organization of a 1K ×  1 memory chip.