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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gil I. Winograd, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Esin Terzioglu, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Cyrus Afghahi, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Ali Anvar, Irvine, CA (US);
Sami Issa, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 5/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 5/02 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a system and method for providing distributed, highly configurable modular predecoding. The system includes a hierarchical memory structure, including a predecoder adapted to perform a first layer of address predecoding and at least one local predecoder interacting with the global predecoder and adapted to perform a second layer of address predecoding.