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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 1987
Filed:
Jan. 22, 1985
Raymond Pinkham, Missouri City, TX (US);
Fredrick A Valente, Houston, TX (US);
Karl M Guttag, Houston, TX (US);
Jerry R Vanaken, Houston, TX (US);
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A semiconductor memory circuit includes memory arrays (10), (12), (14) and (16). Each of the memory arrays has associated therewith shift registers (34), (36), (38) and (40). Transfer gates (54) are disposed between the memory arrays and the associated shift registers. A control circuit (69) is provided for receiving an external transfer signal and transferring the data between the arrays and the associated shift registers. The shift registers are clocked in response to receiving an external shift clock signal to serially output data therefrom. A delay circuit (292) is provided for delaying shifting of data for a predetermined duration to ensure that a complete transfer of data has been effected. Transfer of data is inhibited until the occurrence of the XBOOT signal by circuit (296) to provide for early occurrence of the transfer signal. Data access is maintained by a delay circuit (330) to accommodate late occurrence of the transfer signal by delaying the internal row address strobe.