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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kook-Hwan Kwon, Kyonggi-do, KR;
Young-Ho Suh, Kyonggi-do, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/10 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/10 ;
Abstract
In order to reduce a cycle time and enable a high-speed operation in a semiconductor memory, the memory is constructed having a multi-pipeline structure. The multi-pipeline structure, for instance, includes a three-stage pipeline, in which an additional data register is introduced between a sense amplifier and a main data line. The remaining memory structure can be configured in a manner comparable to that of a conventional two-stage pipeline semiconductor memory.