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Bitline/dataline short scheme to improve fall-through timing in a multi-port memory

US6473357B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateSep 29, 2000
Grant dateOct 29, 2002
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Expiry dateSep 29, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11C11/417
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus comprising a memory array having a first port and a one or more other ports and a control circuit configured to couple (i) a bitline of the first port to a corresponding bitline of the one or more other ports and (ii) a dataline of the first port to a corresponding dataline of the one or more other ports in response to the first port and the one or more other ports accessing a common address.

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