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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 1996
Filed:
Aug. 31, 1994
David B Grover, South Hero, VT (US);
Edward F O'Neil, III, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Robert A Ross, Jr, Essex Junction, VT (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A memory system is provided wherein array signals begin at the start of a first phase of a system clock and a sense amplifier set signal is developed during a second phase of the system clock which includes an array of memory cells including word lines and bit lines, word drivers connected to the word lines, a word address decoder enabled by the first phase of the clock system and coupled to the word drivers, a bit switch coupling a bit line to a sense amplifier, a system clock inverting circuit, a timing circuit having a first input connected to a late select signal, a second input connected to the inverting circuit and an output connected to the bit switch and a delay circuit having an input coupled to the inverting circuit and an output connected to the sense amplifier.