Semiconductor memory device

Details Semiconductor memory device Semiconductor memory device

1999-01-19

1999-11-16

Fears, Terrell W.

Static information storage and retrieval

Read/write circuit

36523001, G11C 1300

Patent

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059869429

ABSTRACT:
A semiconductor memory device (100) having reduced logic gates for selecting sense amplifier columns (102-0 to 102-2) is disclosed. Sense amplifier columns (102-0 to 102-2) are selected according to block address values X5 to X0. The order in which sense amplifier columns (102-0 to 102-2) are selected corresponds to a gray code in the lower two significant block address values (X1 and X0). In this arrangement, X1 can be applied to a NAND gate 110-0 within sense amplifier selecting circuit 106-1 as predecoded signal C1. X0 can be applied to a NAND gate 110-1 within sense amplifier selecting circuit 106-2 as predecoded signal C2. The use of predecoded values (X0 and X1) instead of decoded values can reduce the logic required to select the sense amplifier columns (102-0 to 102-2).

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patent: 4939558 (1990-07-01), Smayling

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