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Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2004

Filed:

Apr. 01, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:

Paul Schmölz, München, DE;

Jean-Marc Dortu, München, DE;

Robert Feurle, Neubiberg, DE;

Andreas Täuber, Unterschleissheim, DE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 1/124 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 1/124 ;
Abstract

In order to operate an integrated dynamic memory having a memory cell array having bit lines and word lines a plurality of individual actions—to be performed for a memory access—from the activation of one of the word lines up to the precharging of the word lines are controlled in a synchronized manner with a clock signal. A value for defining a defined number of clock cycles between at least two individual actions is programmed at the beginning. For this purpose, a control circuit has a programmable unit. In this way, in conjunction with a clocked circuit, a comparatively high data throughput is made possible even at variable clock frequencies.


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