Department of Technical Education

Andhra Pradesh
Name of the Faculty : S.V. SUBBA REDDY,
Designation : Senior Lecturer
Branch : Electronics & Communication
Engineering
Institute : G.M.R. Polytechnic, Madanapalle.
Year/ Semester : 3rd Semester
Subject : Digital Electronics
Sub-code : EC304
Topic : Registers & Memories
Sub topic : Use of shift register as memory

types of memories.
Duration : 100 min.
Teaching Aids : PPT, Animations.

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OBJECTIVES

On completion of this period, you would be able to

know

• Use of shift register as memory.

• Various types of memories.

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Recap

1. What is a register?

Group of flip-flops used to store the data.

2. What is a shift register?

A sequential circuit which can store information and

transfer or shift upon a command.

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Recap (contd.)

3. What are the applications of shift registers?

• Timing circuits

• Sequence generators

• Serial to parallel converters.

• Parallel to serial converters

•Shift register memories

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Memory

A device that stores information in electrical,

magnetic or optical form.
According to the method of access, memories are of two
types.

- Sequential access memory.

- Direct access memory.

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SEQUENTIAL ACCESS MEMORY

This memory accessed in a sequential or serial

fashion.

• Access time is different for different locations.

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CIRCUIT DIAGRAM OF SHIFT REGISTER
SEQUENTIAL MEMORY

Fig 1

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SHIFT REGISTER AS MEMORY
• Each register holds one of the N bits of each of the K word.

• With each clock pulse the bits in each register will

advance one step , and stored words will appear
sequentiallyQ0, Q1---- Qn-1.

• If the write-enable line is set at logic’1’ , write operation

takes place.

The first word written into the memory will be the first
word that will appear when the content of the memory
recalled.

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BLOCK DIAGRAM OF THE MEMORY UNIT

READ
MEMORY
UNIT
MEMORY
CONTROL
Address
n words SIGNALS
Register
m bits per word
WRITE

INPUT Address

MEMORY Buffer
Register

IN OUT

Fig 2
Information

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TYPES OF MEMORIES

• According to the functional relationship with CPU

Main Memory
Auxilary Memory

• According to the method of access

Direct Access Memory
Sequential Access Memory

• According to type of accessing allowed

Read only Memory
Read/Write Memory

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TYPES OF MEMORIES

• According to active device used

Bipolar Memories

MOS Memories

• According to the retentivity of stored data

with respect to availability of power

Volatile Memory

Non-Volatile Memory
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• According to the state of data transfer

Destructive read out Memories

Non-Destructive read out Memories

• According to period of storage

Static Memory

Dynamic Memory

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SUMMARY
We have discussed about

• Sequential access memory

• Memory unit

• Shift register as memory

• Types of memories

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Quiz
1. A shift register can be used as

a) memory

b) ROM

c) PROM

d) None

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 Quiz

1. The memory which requires refreshing is

a) Static memory

b) Dynamic memory

c) Both a and b

d) None

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2. Which of the following is a volatile memory

a) RAM

b) ROM

c) Both a and b

d) None

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Frequently Asked Questions

• Explain the use of shift register as memory

• List the types of memories

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