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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:
Sep. 19, 1995
Filed:
May. 18, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Naoyuki Mine, Yokohama, JP;
Tatsuo Ikawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ; G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
365221 ; 365236 ; 365239 ; 365240 ;
Abstract
There is provided a semiconductor memory device having output ports for serially accessing memory cells connected to a plurality of select lines, comprising: a decode counter adapted to be supplied with an initial value to count up to generate a plurality of counter address signals to output first decode signals obtained by decoding the counter address signals; and a serial decoder adapted to be supplied with the first decode signals respectively outputted from the decode counter to decode them to output second decode signals for selectig any one of the select lines.