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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:
Nov. 03, 1998

Filed:

Mar. 07, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:

Luigi Pascucci, Sesto San Giovanni, IT;

Antonio Barcella, Trescore Balneario, IT;

Assignee:

STMicroelectronics S.r.l., Agrate Brianza, IT;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
365 63 ; 365 51 ;
Abstract

A non-volatile memory device having optimized management of data transmission lines, having the particularity that it comprises at least one bidirectional internal bus that runs from one end of the memory device to the other, one or more source structures that exist externally and internally to the memory device, and a timer means. The timer means is adapted to time-control the independent and exclusive access of the external and internal source structures, within a same memory cycle, to the internal bus for the transmission of data, controls, and functions, from one end of the memory to the other over the internal bus.


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