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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jong-Hoon Oh, Fremont, KR;
Assignee:
G-Link Technology, Milpitas, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 8/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 8/00 ;
Abstract
A memory device having an array of memory cells distributed into rows and columns with a plurality of interconnects extending across the array and coupled to carry write data during a first period of time and control data during a second period of time. In some embodiments where data I/O pads, input buffers, I/O sense amplifiers, write drivers, and color registers are collectively located on an opposite side of the array away from column decoders, column pre-decoders and column redundancy circuits, time-sharing of write data and control data on a single bus significantly improves layout efficiency.