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Hybrid memory device

US6128218A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 19, 1999
Grant dateOct 3, 2000
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Expiry dateAug 19, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11C11/005
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A hybrid memory device according to the present invention has a RAM cell and a ROM cell that separately operate, and is capable of loading data in the ROM cell to the RAM cell. In such a hybrid memory device, to transfer the data in the ROM cell to common bit lines, transistors are respectively provided between the bit lines and the ROM cell. Accordingly, even when loading the data in the ROM cell to the RAM cell, the RAM and ROM cells can be separately operated.

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