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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:
Apr. 02, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Steven Charles Docker, Droitwich Spa, GB;
Duane Galbi, Cambridge, MA (US);
Assignee:
STMicroelectronics Limited, Almondsbury Bristol, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/00 ;
Abstract
Circuitry for reading from and writing to memory cells of a group of memory cells. The circuitry comprises read circuitry and write circuitry each connectable to bit lines associated with respective ones of the memory cells. The read circuitry is arranged to read from the cells and the write circuitry is arranged to write to the cells. Wherein the read circuitry and write circuitry are configured so that more cells in the group can be simultaneously written to during a write operation than can be simultaneously read from during a read operation.