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Consecutive addressing of a semiconductor memory

US4429375A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 23, 1981
Grant dateJan 31, 1984
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Expiry dateJul 23, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11C2207/107
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A high speed memory device comprises memory cells arrayed in rows and columns, a row decoder for selecting the rows, a column decoder for selecting the columns, a shift register arranged in parallel with the column decoder, and control means for operatively enabling the shift register, in which consecutive access to a plurality of memory cells belonging to the same selected row can be performed from the column address designated by the column decoder.

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