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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2013
Applicant:
Stmicroelectronics S.a., Montrouge, FR;
Inventor:
Anis Feki, Grenoble, FR;
Assignee:
STMicroelectronics S.A., Montrouge, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/10 (2006.01); G11C 7/00 (2006.01); G11C 7/18 (2006.01); G11C 8/12 (2006.01); G11C 8/14 (2006.01); G11C 8/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/10 (2013.01); G11C 7/00 (2013.01); G11C 7/18 (2013.01); G11C 8/12 (2013.01); G11C 8/14 (2013.01); G11C 8/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
A volatile memory includes volatile memory cells in which data write and read operations are performed. The memory cells are arranged in rows and in columns and are distributed in first separate groups of memory cells for each column. The memory includes, for each column, a write bit line dedicated to write operations and connected to all the memory cells of the column and read bit lines dedicated to read operations. Each read bit line is connected to all the memory cells of one of the first groups of memory cells. Each memory cell in the column is connected to a single one of the read bit lines.