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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2010

Filed:

Feb. 16, 2007
Applicants:

Hitoshi Ikeda, Kawasaki, JP;

Takahiko Sato, Kawasaki, JP;

Tatsuya Kanda, Kawasaki, JP;

Toshiya Uchida, Kawasaki, JP;

Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Kawasaki, JP;

Satoru Shirakawa, Kawasaki, JP;

Tetsuo Miyamoto, Kawasaki, JP;

Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Kawasaki, JP;

Tatsushi Otsuka, Kawasaki, JP;

Hidenaga Takahashi, Kawasaki, JP;

Masanori Kurita, Kawasaki, JP;

Shinnosuke Kamata, Kawasaki, JP;

Ayako Sato, Kawasaki, JP;

Inventors:

Hitoshi Ikeda, Kawasaki, JP;

Takahiko Sato, Kawasaki, JP;

Tatsuya Kanda, Kawasaki, JP;

Toshiya Uchida, Kawasaki, JP;

Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Kawasaki, JP;

Satoru Shirakawa, Kawasaki, JP;

Tetsuo Miyamoto, Kawasaki, JP;

Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Kawasaki, JP;

Tatsushi Otsuka, Kawasaki, JP;

Hidenaga Takahashi, Kawasaki, JP;

Masanori Kurita, Kawasaki, JP;

Shinnosuke Kamata, Kawasaki, JP;

Ayako Sato, Kawasaki, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The memory device has: a plurality of banks, each of which has a memory cell array having a plurality of page areas that are selected by row addresses respectively, and each of which is selected by a bank address; a row controller that controls activation of the page areas within each of the banks in response to a first operation code; and a group of data input/output terminals. A memory unit area within each of the activated page areas is accessed based on the column address. The row controller generates bank activation signals for the plurality of banks in response to multi-bank information data and a supplied bank address that are supplied along with the first command, and generates the row address of each of the plurality of banks in response to the supplied bank address and a supplied row address. The plurality of banks activate the page areas in response to the bank activation signals and the row addresses generated by the row address calculator.


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