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Sequential access memories

  • US 5,978,295 A
  • Filed: 06/30/1998
  • Issued: 11/02/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/04/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A sequential access memory working at a rate of a clock signal and comprising:

  • N bistable and synchronous register elements, each storing an information bit, the N elements being divided into P groups each comprising L elements; and

    a management unit for causing the elements to operate as followsin a first phase of operation whose duration corresponds to P-1 consecutive periods of the clock signal, only last elements of each group are activated simultaneously and are furthermore series-connected, an input of a first of these elements then defining an input of the memory and an output of a last element then defining an output of the memory, andin a second phase of operation whose duration corresponds to a single period of the clock signal, all the elements are activated, the groups of elements being furthermore series-connected, the input of the first element of the first group then defining the input of the memory, and the output of the last element of the last group then defining the output of the memory.

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