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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:
Apr. 09, 1996
Filed:
Mar. 01, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
David Chiang, Saratoga, CA (US);
Nicholas Kucharewski, Jr, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Assignee:
XILINX, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
327 57 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a sense circuit including a first bit line, a second bit line, a first plurality of memory cells coupled to the first bit line, a second plurality of memory cells coupled to the second bit line, and selection circuitry coupled to the first bit line and the second bit line. The selection circuitry provides a wide AND gate function in one mode and provides a zero power circuit for generating a function of a single input in another mode.