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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Akira Nakayama, Miyazaki, JP;
Yuichi Matsushita, Miyazaki, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 8/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 8/00 ;
Abstract
The present invention implements a decrease in chip size. The device is comprised of memory cell arrays,and,, a bank selector,a cell select circuit,a data multiplexer,and an input/output buffer,The bank selector generates a bank select signal and selects the memory cell arrays alternately. The cell select circuit selects a predetermined memory cell of the memory cell array selected by the bank select signal and performs a read operation from and a write operation to this memory cell. The data multiplexer transfers the read data from the memory cell array selected by the bank select signal to the input/output buffer.