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Semiconductor memory device with shortened time period of word line selection

US4707809A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 12, 1985
Grant dateNov 17, 1987
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Expiry dateJul 12, 2005

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11C7/22
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A semiconductor memory device in which the selected word line is energized only during a limited period of time is disclosed. The memory device is equipped with a clock generator which generates a one-shot pulse signal in response to a change in address signal or to an application of a write-enable signal, and the selected word line is energized by the one-shot clock signal. The clock generator further generates a one-shot clock signal in response to a change in an input data signal in a data-write operation. The input data is thereby sorted into the accessed memory cell, even when the data to be stored is supplied a relatively long time after the write-enable signal is applied.

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