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Dual bank memory and systems using the same

US5506810A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 16, 1994
Grant dateApr 9, 1996
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Expiry dateAug 16, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11C7/00
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Memory circuitry 200 is provided which includes first and second banks of memory cells 201a, 201b arranged in rows and columns. Row decoder circuitry 210 is included for selecting a row in at least one of the memory banks 201 in response to a row address. Row address circuitry 208, 209, 215 is provided for presenting a sequence of the row addresses to the row decoder circuitry 210 in response to a single row address provided at an address port to memory circuitry 200. Column decoder circuitry 213 is further included for selecting a column in each of the banks 201 in response to a column address. Column address circuitry 211, 212, 215 presents a sequence of the column addresses to the column decoder circuitry 213 in response to a single column address received at the address port to memory circuitry 200.

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