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Semiconductor memory device having a plurality of access ports

US4987559A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 6, 1989
Grant dateJan 22, 1991
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Expiry dateMar 6, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11C7/1075
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An improved semiconductor memory device in which serial read operations and serial write operations can be performed simultaneously is disclosed. The memory device comprises a memory array of memory cells, a random access port for accessing a desired one of memory cell in the array, a serial read circuit for sequentially reading data from the selected row one by one and a serial write circuit for operatively writing data sequentially applied to the selected row.

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