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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:
Jun. 06, 1995
Filed:
Dec. 30, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
David DiMarco, Hillsborough, OR (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
365226 ; 365227 ; 365233 ;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for enabling multiple sense amps in a burst read memory is described. The sense amps are divided into two sets which are then enabled at slightly different times. The time difference is set so that a maximum power consumption experienced when the sense amps are enabled is reduced significantly, but the effect on the total time needed to read the data is not increased.