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Video Random Access Memory serial port access

US5179372A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 28, 1991
Grant dateJan 12, 1993
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Expiry dateMar 28, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09G2360/126
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A Video Random Access Memory device wherein full and efficient use of a serial access memory portion provides a simple and efficient means of avoiding Mid-Line Reloads. Selected parts of two different rows in a random access memory portion are transferred simultaneously to the serial access memory portion via addressable transfer gates under the control of address/control logic.

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