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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:
Sep. 07, 1999
Filed:
May. 02, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
G R Rao, Dallas, TX (US);
Assignee:
Cirrus Logic, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
711-5 ; 711169 ; 711158 ; 711211 ; 365203 ; 36523003 ; 36523006 ; 36523008 ;
Abstract
A memory 200 comprising a first memory bank 201a including an array 202a of memory cells and a circuitry 203a, 205a for addressing a location within array 202a. Memory 200 further includes a second memory bank 201b including an array 202b of memory cells and circuitry 203b, 205b for addressing location within array 202b. Circuitry 203, 206, 207 is included for selectively pipelining a plurality of serially received words of address bits to the banks 201 during precharge of the banks.