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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2000
Wayland Bart Holland, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A memory includes a first memory segment comprising an array of rows and columns of memory cells, a selected column of cells in the first segment accessed through a dedicated sense amplifier associated with the first segment. A second memory segment comprises an array of rows and columns of memory cells, a selected column of cells in the second memory segment accessed through a dedicated sense amplifier associated with the second segment. A Read Input/Output line is coupled to the sense amplifier accessing the selected column of the first segment for reading data from the first segment during a selected access cycle. A Write Input/Output line is coupled to the sense amplifier accessing the selected column of the second segment for simultaneously writing data to the second memory segment during the selected access cycle.