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Dual port memory device

US7940599B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 16, 2009
Grant dateMay 10, 2011
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Expiry dateMay 7, 2029

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11C11/419
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A multi-port memory device having a storage node, a precharge node, a first, second, third, and fourth transistor, and a control module. The first transistor includes a current electrode connected to the storage node, another current electrode connected to a first bit line, and a gate connected to a first wordline. The second transistor includes a current electrode connected to the storage node, another current electrode connected to a second bit line, and a gate connected to a second wordline. The third transistor includes a current electrode connected to the reference node, another current electrode connected to the first bit line, and a gate. The fourth transistor includes a current electrode connected to the precharge node, another current electrode connected to the second bit line, and a gate. The control module deactivates the fourth transistor in response to a dummy access of the first storage module at the second transistor.

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