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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:
Oct. 05, 1993
Filed:
Mar. 06, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jimmie D Childers, Missouri City, TX (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
365227 ; 36523003 ;
Abstract
In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, an integrated circuit memory capable of receiving address signals has a plurality of array banks. Each array bank has a plurality of memory cells arranged in rows and columns and has a means for addressing the rows and columns of the array banks in response to the address signals. The integrated circuit includes a means for de-coupling power from at least one array bank in response to at least one bit of an address signal.