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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.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2000

Filed:

Sep. 17, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:

Keith A Ford, Colorado Springs, CO (US);

Iulian C Gradinariu, Colorado Springs, CO (US);

Bogdan I Georgescu, Colorado Springs, CO (US);

Sean B Mulholland, Colorado Springs, CO (US);

John J Silver, Monument, CO (US);

Danny L Rose, Monument, CO (US);

Assignee:

Cypress Semiconductor Corp., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
36523003 ; 365 63 ; 3652335 ;
Abstract

A circuit comprising a first and second bitline, a plurality of groups of memory cells and a control circuit. The first and second bitlines may each be configured to read and write to one or more of the plurality of groups of memory cells. Each of the plurality of bitline pairs may be interdigitated. The control circuit may be configured to select an active group of said plurality of groups in response to one or more control signals. The control circuit may be implemented within the groups of memory cells.


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