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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2005
Applicants:
Andrew James Bianchi, Austin, TX (US);
Eric Jason Fluhr, Round Rock, TX (US);
Masood Ahmed Khan, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Michael Ju Hyeok Lee, Austin, TX (US);
Edelmar Seewann, Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Andrew James Bianchi, Austin, TX (US);
Eric Jason Fluhr, Round Rock, TX (US);
Masood Ahmed Khan, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Michael Ju Hyeok Lee, Austin, TX (US);
Edelmar Seewann, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/08 (2006.01); G06F 13/28 (2006.01); G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 9/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for using a 2:1 MUX to control read access, data bypass, and page size bypass in a memory array. The mechanism of the present invention reduces the 3:1 MUX normally required to manage these three functions to a 2:1 MUX.