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Circuit structure having distributed registers with self-timed reading and writing operations

US5408436A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 23, 1992
Grant dateApr 18, 1995
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Expiry dateNov 23, 2012

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11C8/00
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The circuit structure comprises a series of storage units, a data bus, an address bus, a line for a reading/writing signal, a precharge logic suitable for precharging the address bus with a precharge address and a precharge sensor suitable for enabling the operation of address decoders of the storage units with a given delay with respect to the end of the precharge. The structure also comprises a flip-flop for controlling the address buses and the precharge logic as well as a delay circuit capable of producing a stop-writing signal with a delay calculated on the basis of the time necessary for the writing of a datum in a storage register of the storage units.

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