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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.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 1998

Filed:

Oct. 15, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:

Azuma Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;

Hatsuhiro Kato, Hakodate, JP;

Assignee:

Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
365233 ; 36523006 ;
Abstract

A synchronous-type memory performing in synchronization with a clock provided from an external device. This memory includes memory cells for storing data and selected by one of word lines, a decoder and a S/A. The decoder latches an address to select a word line in accordance with a rising edge of the clock, selecting a word line, and deselecting all word lines in accordance with a falling edge of the clock. The S/A stores the data transferred from the memory cell belonged to the word line selected by the decoder in synchronism with the rising edge of the clock before all the word lines is switched by the decoder to a deselected state, synchronized with the falling edge of the clock.


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