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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 1994
Filed:
May. 29, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Takashi Akioka, Hitachi, JP;
Noboru Akiyama, Katsuta, JP;
Yutaka Kobayashi, Katsuta, JP;
Tatsuyuki Ohta, Niigata, JP;
Koyo Katsura, Hitachiota, JP;
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ; H03K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
36518905 ; 327 57 ; 326 62 ;
Abstract
A high-speed memory employing the pipeline technique is disclosed, in which the minimum operating cycle time is reduced by use of a latch circuit for a small signal using a bipolar transistor. A small-signal latch circuit operating at a signal smaller than an output signal level is inserted between an amplifier circuit for amplifying the data held in a memory cell circuit and an output buffer circuit. A switch signal is also interposed between the latch circuit and the amplifier circuit, thereby shortening the cycle time.