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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:
Dec. 20, 1994
Filed:
Jun. 29, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Chitranjan N Reddy, Milpitas, CA (US);
Ajit K Medhekar, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
36523006 ; 365190 ;
Abstract
A memory array wherein transfer bus length is reduced and segmented by arranging the column decoder select signals to run across the length of the word line to reduce the node capacitance seen by the corresponding memory cell. This transfer of low capacitance from the transfer bus, i.e., the critical path, to the select line, which is a non-critical path for speed, improves access speed.