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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2001
Klaus Oberlaender, San Jose, CA (US);
Sabeen Randhawa, Mountain View, CA (US);
Vincent Rez{haeck over (a)}rd, Nice, FR;
Rod G. Fleck, Bellevue, WA (US);
Infineon Technologies North America Corp., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
An integrated memory comprises a plurality of data lines and a plurality of decoders being associated to each data line. Each data line can address a single memory cell or a plurality of memory cells. Also, each data line can be either a word line or a bit line of a memory. Each decoder generates an enable signal upon receiving of its associated address signal. A plurality of multiplexers having two inputs and an output associated to each data line are provided. The enable signal of each decoder is supplied to a first input of the associated multiplexer and to a second input of the multiplexer associated to the next higher addressed data line, and a control input for controlling said multiplexers.