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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:
Mar. 16, 1993
Filed:
May. 22, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kiminori Hayano, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
365 51 ; 365 63 ; 257734 ;
Abstract
A boundary region for wiring is provided by expanding one of a plurality of boundary regions boundary regions each being between adjacent ones of a plurality of decoder circuits included in a decoder circuit block corresponding to a memory cell array by shifting a desired portion of at least one of the decoder circuits by a desired distance and a wiring connecting wirings in the decoder circuit to a circuit provided outside the decoder circuit block is arranged in the boundary region for wiring, so that a circuit arrangement in a second region outside the decoder circuits can be made freely.