Static information storage and retrieval – Read/write circuit – Having particular data buffer or latch
Patent
1997-06-19
1998-12-22
Mai, Son
Static information storage and retrieval
Read/write circuit
Having particular data buffer or latch
326 27, 326 87, G11C 700, H03K 19003
Patent
active
058525793
ABSTRACT:
A Static Random Access Memory (SRAM) comprises an input/output pin and driver means connected to the input/output pin. The driver means are configured to drive the input/output pin to a voltage potential using a first current, and are further configured to hold the input/output pin at approximately the voltage potential using a second current. In one embodiment, the driver means may comprise a driver unit for driving the input/output pin to the voltage potential, a bus hold circuit for holding the input/output pin at the voltage potential and a control unit connected to the driver unit and the bus hold circuit. The control unit may activate and deactivate the driver unit and the bus hold circuit.
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Arcoleo Mathew R.
Churchill Jonathan F.
Johnson Derek
Leong Raymond M.
Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
Mai Son
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