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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. 13, 1995
Filed:
Feb. 25, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Albert W Vinal, Cary, NC (US);
Assignee:
Thunderbird Technologies, Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
36518901 ; 365205 ; 36523008 ; 36518908 ; 3652335 ;
Abstract
A random access memory (RAM) includes a plurality of sensing circuits. During a read operation, the RAM detects that one of the sensing circuits has sensed a binary digit. In response, the read operation is terminated and an idle operation is initiated to provide a self-timing RAM. During a write operation, the data which is stored in a RAM cell is also sensed by one of the sensing circuits and the memory detects that one of the sensing circuits has sensed the stored data. In response, the write operation is terminated and an idle operation is initiated. Self-timing read and write operations are thereby provided.