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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 1986
Filed:
Dec. 23, 1983
Applicant:
Inventor:
N Bruce Threewitt, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
365189 ; 365230 ; 365238 ;
Abstract
An improved semiconductor memory device for serial scan applications is presented. The semiconductor memory device as presented includes a main memory means combined with an on-board means for implementing a shift register function. The shift register function of the present invention is implemented by utilizing a secondary memory means in conjunction with parallel loadable, multiple-bit address counters.