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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 01, 1999
Sabine Schoniger, Munchen, DE;
Peter Schrogmeier, Munchen, DE;
Thomas Hein, Munchen, DE;
Stefan Dietrich, Turkenfeld, DE;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
The integrated memory has byte selection lines for selecting all the bit lines of a respective byte, as well as masking signals that are allocated to the respective byte of at least one word. In addition, the memory has a column decoder with outputs which are connected to the word selection lines, each of which, when addressed, causes all the byte selection lines for one of the words to be simultaneously selected if none of the masking signals are active. The masking signals, when activated, prevent the addressed word selection line from selecting the byte selection lines, allocated to a corresponding byte, for a corresponding word.