Patent ID: 6789179
Filing Date: 2004-09-07
Classification: G06F,G11C

Abstract:
A method for reading a misaligned data variable from an array of memory cells, wherein a first portion of the misaligned data variable resides in one or more first memory cells relating to a first address, and wherein a second portion of the misaligned data variable resides in one or more second memory cells relating to a second address, the method comprising:providing first address-selection information relating to the first address; providing second address-selection information relating to the second address, wherein the second address is not equal to the first address, and wherein the first address-selection information and the second address-selection information are contemporaneously provided; providing first read information; providing second read information; read enabling the one or more first memory cells based on the first address-selection information and first read information; read enabling the one or more second memory cells based on the second address-selection information and second read information; and assembling the data variable from the first data portion of the one or more first enabled memory cells and the second data portion of the one or more second enabled memory cells.