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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 29, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tam Minh Tran, Austin, TX (US);
Scott A. Taylor, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corp., Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/02 ;
Abstract
Two separate dummy wordlines, a read dummy wordline and a write dummy wordline, are implemented within a memory array to provide for higher frequency operation of read and write cycles within the memory array. The two dummy wordlines are utilized to activate and deactivate the wordline enable signal for the read and write portions of an access. Such an access can be a read/swap cycle.