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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. 01, 2003
Filed:
May. 31, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Carl A. Monzel, Lakeville, MN (US);
Assignee:
LSI Logic Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 8/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 8/00 ;
Abstract
A programmable self time circuit for controlling bit line separation in a memory includes multiple self time word lines, each of which is connected to at least one core cell of the memory for activating the cell. The self time word lines have enable signals that can either be programmed on/off, or can be externally controlled for variation of the amount of bit line separation developed during a memory access.