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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alexander Benedix, München, DE;
Sebastian Kuhne, Radebeul, DE;
Helmut Fischer, Oberhaching, DE;
Bernd Klehn, Unterhaching, DE;
Helmut Schneider, München, DE;
Assignee:
Infineon Technologies AG, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 8/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 8/00 ;
Abstract
An integrated memory has a memory cell array, which is subdivided into a plurality of separate segments. A first and a second local word line in different segments together form a common global word line. The global word line is decoded via a row decoder. The first and second local word lines are connected to a column decoder in such a way that they can be decoded individually and segment by segment in a manner dependent on a column address. The memory thus allows fast and current-saving activation of a word line.