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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:
Dec. 01, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 19, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ronald T Taylor, Grapevine, TX (US);
Assignee:
Cirrus Logic, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
36523005 ; 36523003 ;
Abstract
A memory 20 includes a first array 100 and a second array 102 of memory cells. A first data port 118 allows for the exchange of data with the first array 100 and a second data port 120 allows for the exchange of data with the second array 102. Memory system 20 also includes a circuitry 122 for controlling data exchanges in a selected mode with the first array 100 via the first data port 118 and with the second array 102 via the second data port 120, the exchanges with the first and second arrays 100 and 102 being asynchronous.