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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 17, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shiro Hosotani, Tokyo, JP;
Minobu Yazawa, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
365221 ; 365219 ; 36518901 ; 36518904 ;
Abstract
The function of a line memory can be achieved only with one bit line. As word lines WL.sub.j-1 and WL.sub.j are activated in this order, data has already been read out before new data is written into memory cells MC.sub.j-1,i and MC.sub.j,1. More specifically, a writing process is performed on the same memory cell after a readout process, achieving delay operation as taught in a conventional technique. Further, as both operations of a tristate buffer 11 and a D latch 13 are controlled in accordance with the readout and the writing processes, one bit line serves both as a write bit line and a read bit line.