Patent · US Expired

Memory component with short access time

US6388944B2 · kind B2 · utility

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3References

13Claims

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Assignee

Infineon Technologies AG · DE

Inventors

Peter Schrogmeier · Hersbruck, DE
Stefan Dietrich · Potsdam, DE
Torsten Partsch · San Jose, US
Thomas Hein · Hersbruck, DE
Patrick Heyne · Hersbruck, DE
Thilo Marx · Villingen-Schwenningen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 31, 2001
Grant date	May 14, 2002
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 31, 2021

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG11C7/1069
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A memory chip with a short data access time limits the propagation time of a bit on local data line strips which are far away from output amplifiers by centering switches with respect to a center of the cell array strips, wherein the switches are junction points between local data lines and main data lines.

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