Semiconductor memory device

Details Semiconductor memory device Semiconductor memory device

1991-10-15

1994-05-17

LaRoche, Eugene R.

Static information storage and retrieval

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36523003, G11C 700, G11C 1400

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053134370

ABSTRACT:
A semiconductor memory device including a memory cell group comprising a plurality of memory cells arranged in matrix; a specification circuit for specifying a plurality of memory cells addressed by sequential addresses in the memory cells, and for entering them in an active state; a data input/output (I/O) circuit for performing a data read-out/write-in operation (data I/O operation) for the memory cells specified by the specification circuit under a control based on a read-out/write-in signal provided from an external section; a counter circuit for counting the number in response to cycles of a basic clock signal provided from an external section; and a controller for receiving at least one or more specification signals provided from an external section, for outputting a control signal per specification signal for specifying a particular cycle as a starting cycle to count the number of the cycles in response to the basic clock signal, and for instructing the counter circuit to count the number of cycles in response to the basic clock signal based on the control signal, and for controlling a specification operation executed by the specification circuit and the data I/O operation of the data I/O circuit in accordance with the number of cycles in response to the basic clock.

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