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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:
Oct. 27, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 24, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Sudhir Sharma, Plano, TX (US);
Ronald T Taylor, Grapevine, TX (US);
Michael E Runas, McKinney, TX (US);
G R Rao, Dallas, TX (US);
Assignee:
Cirrus Logic, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
711111 ; 36523002 ; 36518902 ; 364D / ;
Abstract
A memory including a plurality of input/output terminals 220 for exchanging data bits during a data access cycle and receiving command and control bits during a command and control cycle. The memory further includes an array of memory cells 201, a data input/output circuitry for transferring data between the input/output terminals and the array of memory cells during the data access cycle, and control circuitry for controlling operations of the memory in response to command and control bits received at the input/output terminals during the command and control cycle.