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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:
Jul. 29, 1997
Filed:
Dec. 22, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Shailesh Shah, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cypress Semiconductor Corp., San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
365233 ; 365194 ; 365210 ;
Abstract
A memory device including a memory array and a series of sense amplifiers coupled to the memory array. The memory array includes numerous memory cells. A clock transmission line receives a clock signal and forms a clock word line within the memory device. A circuit is coupled to the clock transmission line and includes at least one transistor device coupled to the clock transmission line to receive the clock signal. The circuit also includes a clock output coupled to one of the sense amplifiers.