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Method and apparatus for storing data in a memory array

US6134636A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 11, 1998
Grant dateOct 17, 2000
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Expiry dateSep 11, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F12/128
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and apparatus for storing, locking, and unlocking data in a memory array. The memory array includes a first line to store a first type of data while the first line is unlocked during a first period of time and to store a second type of data while the first line is locked during a subsequent second period of time. The memory array further includes a second line to store the second type of data while the second line is locked during the first period of time and to store the first type of data while the second line is unlocked during the second period of time.

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