Siemens Aktiengesellschaft

Chih-Teng Hung

Venkat Mattela

Muhammad Afsar

Balraj Singh

Chih-Ta Star Sung

An apparatus and method are disclosed for activating a memory location within a memory device. In an apparatus aspect of the invention, a memory device is disclosed. The memory device includes an enable unit arranged to receive a plurality of address signals and a clock signal and to output an activation signal. The address signals has an associated worst case delay, and the enable unit is further arranged to generate an enable signal that is delayed from the clock signal by at least about the worst case delay. The memory device further includes a memory array arranged to receive the activation signal in response to which a corresponding memory location is activated.

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Chih-Teng Hung