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Hierarchical row activation method for banking control in multi-bank DRAM

US6477630B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 24, 1999
Grant dateNov 5, 2002
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Expiry dateFeb 24, 2019

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11C11/4087
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A memory structure comprises a plurality of banks (each of the banks including a plurality of blocks) a plurality of timing critical address lines connected to all of the blocks in respective ones of the banks (a number of the critical address lines being equal to a number of the banks), and a plurality of dedicated address lines connected to respective ones of the blocks.

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