Patent · US Expired

Multi-stage integrated decoder device

US4906994A · kind A · utility

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3References

7Claims

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Kurt Hoffmann · Taufkirchen, DE
Rainer Kraus · Hersbruck, DE
Oskar Kowarik · Grafing, DE
Manfred Paul · Nackenheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 16, 1988
Grant date	Mar 6, 1990
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 16, 2008

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG11C29/34
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A multi-stage integrated decoder device has a special function which facilitates the simultaneous activation of a plurality and as many as all of its outputs. When it is used as a bit line decoder it is thus possible to activate a plurality and as many as all of the bit lines (including any redundant bit lines) of a block of storage cells of a semiconductor memory.

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