DE69920816D1 - Hochbandbreitige Lese- und Schreibearchitektur für nicht-flüchtige Speicher - Google Patents

Hochbandbreitige Lese- und Schreibearchitektur für nicht-flüchtige Speicher

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DE69920816D1
DE69920816D1 DE69920816T DE69920816T DE69920816D1 DE 69920816 D1 DE69920816 D1 DE 69920816D1 DE 69920816 T DE69920816 T DE 69920816T DE 69920816 T DE69920816 T DE 69920816T DE 69920816 D1 DE69920816 D1 DE 69920816D1
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Sau C Wong
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    • G11C11/00—Digital stores characterised by the use of particular electric or magnetic storage elements; Storage elements therefor
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    • G11C11/5621—Digital stores characterised by the use of particular electric or magnetic storage elements; Storage elements therefor using storage elements with more than two stable states represented by steps, e.g. of voltage, current, phase, frequency using charge storage in a floating gate
    • G11C11/5642—Sensing or reading circuits; Data output circuits
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    • G11C16/00—Erasable programmable read-only memories
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    • G11C16/06—Auxiliary circuits, e.g. for writing into memory
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    • G11C27/00—Electric analogue stores, e.g. for storing instantaneous values
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    • G11C27/02—Sample-and-hold arrangements
    • G11C27/024—Sample-and-hold arrangements using a capacitive memory element
    • G11C27/026—Sample-and-hold arrangements using a capacitive memory element associated with an amplifier
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    • G11C7/00—Arrangements for writing information into, or reading information out from, a digital store
    • G11C7/10—Input/output [I/O] data interface arrangements, e.g. I/O data control circuits, I/O data buffers
    • G11C7/1015—Read-write modes for single port memories, i.e. having either a random port or a serial port
    • G11C7/1039—Read-write modes for single port memories, i.e. having either a random port or a serial port using pipelining techniques, i.e. using latches between functional memory parts, e.g. row/column decoders, I/O buffers, sense amplifiers
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    • G11C16/00—Erasable programmable read-only memories
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