Patent ID: 6556501
Filing Date: 2003-04-29
Classification: G11C

Abstract:
A portion of a register file comprising:a storage element for storing a value; a read line for receiving a value from the storage element; a write line for providing to the storage element a value to be written to the storage element; a combined read/write word line that assumes an active state during read and write operations; a direction line that assumes a write direction state during a write operation and a read direction state during a read operation; and a multiplexer uniquely associated with the storage element that couples the read line to the storage element to read a value from the storage element when the combined read/write word line is active and the direction line assumes the read direction state, and couples the write line to the storage element to write a value to the storage element when the combined read/write word line assumes the active state and the direction line assumes the write direction state.