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Method and apparatus for enhancing the performance of semiconductor memory devices

  • US 6,128,237 A
  • Filed: 12/06/1999
  • Issued: 10/03/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/10/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of operating a memory circuit comprising the steps of:

  • activating a word line of the memory circuit by propagating a first signal along the word line, the first signal having a propagation time period associated with propagating the word line; and

    sequentially activating a plurality of sense amplifiers connected to digit lines of the memory circuit within the propagation time period of the first signal.

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