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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 23, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kiyoji Ueno, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuyuki Ikumi, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
711157 ; 711-5 ; 36523003 ; 36523004 ;
Abstract
In a memory composed of a plurality of banks, even if succeeding access is performed to the same bank as that being currently accessed, the succeeding access can be controlled according to the destination which is currently accessed and its accessed state. In addition, if particular relationships exist between a precedingly accessed destination and the succeedingly accessed destination, a corresponding main word line out of main word lines which correspond to respective rows of respective banks can be still held in its selected state even after the preceding access has been terminated.