Semiconductor memory device having nibble mode function

Details Semiconductor memory device having nibble mode function Semiconductor memory device having nibble mode function

1986-08-11

1988-11-29

Hecker, Stuart N.

Static information storage and retrieval

Read/write circuit

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365233, 365230, G11C 700

Patent

active

047886676

ABSTRACT:
In the semiconductor memory device havig a nibble mode function, memory cell arrays are divided into two groups of first and second cell blocks. Data bus lines are provided separately to each of the first and second cell blocks. Sense amplifiers are provided separately to each of the data bus lines. A column decoder, for connecting between bit lines, is provided in the memory cell array and corresponding data bus lines based on address signals and gate signals in a selection state. A switching circuit is provided for switching between sense amplifiers belonging to the first cell block and sense amplifiers belonging to the second cell block and for connecting these sense amplifiers to output buffers. A clock signal generating circuit is provided for generating the gate signals. The gate signals are generated in such a way that each gate signal is raised in response to a leading edge of a column address strobe signal and is allowed to fall in response to a trailing edge of the column address strobe signal in the nibble mode.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4567579 (1986-01-01), Patel et al.
patent: 4675850 (1987-06-01), Kumanoya et al.
International Symposium on VLSI Technology Systems and Applications 1985, May 8-10, 1985, Taipei, Taiwan R.O.C., pp. 14-18 Takasugi et al., "A 64KX4b Nibble Mode DRAM Using Time Multiplexed Data Bus with Master-Slave Data Transfer Architecture".

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