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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:
Aug. 28, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 02, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Wayland Bart Holland, Dallas, TX (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/200 ; G06F 1/300 ; G11C 1/604 ; G11C 7/00 ; G11C 8/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/200 ; G06F 1/300 ; G11C 1/604 ; G11C 7/00 ; G11C 8/00 ;
Abstract
Memory,having an array of rows and columns of memory cells, each column associated with a pair of complementary bitlines,. An access sense amplifier,coupled to each pair of complementary bitlines,for sensing and latching data from cells along a selected row during a first portion of a random access cycle. Refresh sense amplifier,is coupled to each pair of complementary bitlines for,for refreshing data from cells along a selected row during a second portion of the random access cycle.