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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:
Apr. 10, 1990
Filed:
Dec. 20, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Masayuki Miyabayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Kaneyoshi Takeshita, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
365207 ; 365203 ; 365210 ; 36518904 ; 36523001 ;
Abstract
A folded line DRAM having shared sense amplifiers wherein one of two the memory cell arrays is provided with a pair of switches for dividing the bit line pairs into plural bit line pair groups and the second memory cell array is provided with separate switches connected in series the bit line pairs for the purpose of reducing power consumption caused by charging and discharging of the bit lines during accessing.