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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 1986
Filed:
Feb. 22, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joseph D Schutz, Portland, OR (US);
Roger I Kung, Beaverton, OR (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
365203 ; 365205 ;
Abstract
A CMOS dynamic RAM is described which uses multiplexing to selectively couple two pairs of bit lines to a single sense amplifier. Both pairs of bit lines are decoupled from the sense amplifier after a word line selects a cell and before sensing occurs in the sense amplifier. Only one pair of bit lines is coupled to the input/output lines of the memory. No dummy cells are employed. The bit lines are charged to one-half the power supply potential. Restoration of potentials on each pair of bit lines occurs at different times, thereby reducing the peak currents to the RAM.