Patent · US Expired

Integrated memory with a block writing function and global amplifiers requiring less space

US6351419B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Assignee

Infineon Technologies AG · DE

Inventors

Stefan Dietrich · Potsdam, DE
Peter Schrogmeier · Hersbruck, DE
Sabine Schoniger · Hersbruck, DE
Christian Weis · Scheidegg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 30, 2000
Grant date	Feb 26, 2002
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 30, 2020

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG11C7/06
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An integrated memory has a first operating mode, in which, during each write access, only one of the two global amplifiers is active and transmits a datum via one of the local amplifiers to the corresponding bit line. Moreover, the memory has a second operating mode, in which, during each write access, both global amplifiers are simultaneously active and transmit a common datum via in each case at least one of the local amplifiers to the corresponding bit lines.

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