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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:
Jan. 23, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 16, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jean-Marie Gaultier, Rousset, FR;
G{acute over (e)}rard Silvestre De Ferron, Fuveau, FR;
Assignee:
SGS-Thomson Microelectronics S.A., Gentilly, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/200 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/200 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is a method and a device to improve the data output speed of a memory associated with a central processing unit of a microcomputer, should the reading be done at consecutive addresses of the memory in the mode known as the “burst read” mode. The address register is of the type with incrementation controlled by a sequencing circuit. The read register is followed by a data register which records the contents of the read register so as to free this read register to record the contents of the memory cells that are selected by the incremented address.