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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2007
Toshikazu Suzuki, Osaka, JP;
Satoshi Ishikura, Osaka, JP;
Toshikazu Suzuki, Osaka, JP;
Satoshi Ishikura, Osaka, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A semiconductor memory includes a plurality of memory cells, each of which includes a first inverter connected to one of high-data retaining supply lines which constitute one of high-data retaining supply line pairs corresponding to the memory cell and a second inverter connected to the other one of the high-data retaining supply lines which constitute the corresponding high-data retaining supply line pair, an input and output of the second inverter being connected to an output and input of the first inverter, respectively. A selected high-data retaining supply circuit receives a signal determined according to an input data signal and address signal without the intervention of any of the bit lines which constitute the bit line pairs to drive the connected high-data retaining supply lines such that it has a potential corresponding to the received signal.