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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:
Aug. 18, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 24, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jeanne K Pitz, Richardson, TX (US);
Fredrick W Trafton, Lewisville, TX (US);
Richard C Pierson, Dallas, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
36523003 ; 365 52 ; 365221 ;
Abstract
A method and circuit for routing data to registers in an integrated circuit is disclosed. The circuit comprises an I/O port (100) for receiving data and address signals, and a plurality of distributed memory modules (200-900) having registers (210-217). Each memory module is associated with and located adjacent to a circuit functional block. All of the memory modules (200-900) are connected to the I/O port (100) via a single data bus (40).