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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2007
Applicant:
Stephen Mueller, Foothill Ranch, CA (US);
Inventor:
Stephen Mueller, Foothill Ranch, CA (US);
Assignee:
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A semiconductor memory, such as an SRAM, is described that accommodates smaller read/write accesses in one mode of operation and larger read/write accesses in a second mode of operation, wherein power is conserved during the smaller accesses. Methods of using such a semiconductor memory are also described.