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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 1996
Filed:
Jan. 25, 1995
Richard C Foss, Kirkcaldy Fife, GB;
Peter B Gillingham, Kanata, CA;
Robert Harland, Carp, CA;
Masami Mitsuhashi, Gunma, JP;
Atsushi Wada, Okazaki, JP;
Mosaid Technologies Incorporated, Kanata, CA;
Abstract
A DRAM having a plurality of bit lines and associated sense amplifiers, the bit lines being arrayed across an integrated circuit chip and the sense amplifiers being disposed in a row, a pair of low resistance power supply conductors extending in parallel with the row for carrying logic high level and logic low level voltages, sense amplifier enabling signal conductors extending across the chip accessible to the sense amplifiers, apparatus for coupling sense inputs of the sense amplifiers to the power supply conductors, and apparatus coupling the sense amplifier enabling signal conductors to the apparatus for coupling sense inputs, for enabling passage of current resulting from the logic high level and low level voltages to the sense amplifiers.