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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 17, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Youji Kanie, Nara, JP;
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
708402 ; 708493 ;
Abstract
A memory, which consumes less electric power and has a longer life, stores a redundant binary code produced by replacing each digit of data in binary representation, with a separate 2-bit string allocated to a value which the digit can take. If a value to be output before or after a value is output from the memory is known, a redundant binary representation and a redundant binary code associated therewith are determined such that the number of transitions can be reduced. Thus, a memory which consumes less electric power and has a longer life can be provided.