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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:
Oct. 17, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 11, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gregory Scott Mathews, Santa Clara, CA (US);
John Wai Fu, Saratoga, CA (US);
Dean Ahmad Mulla, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
711163 ; 711150 ; 711152 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for storing, locking, and unlocking data in a memory array. The memory array includes a first line to store a first type of data while the first line is unlocked during a first period of time and to store a second type of data while the first line is locked during a subsequent second period of time. The memory array further includes a second line to store the second type of data while the second line is locked during the first period of time and to store the first type of data while the second line is unlocked during the second period of time.