IPC Main Group
G11C 8/00 Arrangements for selecting an address in a digital store
Introduced: July 1974
Last revised: January 2006
Classification Context
- Section:
- PHYSICS
- Class:
- INFORMATION STORAGE
- Subclass:
- STATIC STORES
10 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- G11C 8/02 using selecting matrix
- G11C 8/04 using a sequential addressing device, e.g. shift register, counter
- G11C 8/06 Address interface arrangements, e.g. address buffers
- G11C 8/08 Word line control circuits, e.g. drivers, boosters, pull-up circuits, pull-down circuits, precharging circuits, for word lines
- G11C 8/1 Decoders
- G11C 8/12 Group selection circuits, e.g. for memory block selection, chip selection, array selection
- G11C 8/14 Word line organisation; Word line lay-out
- G11C 8/16 Multiple access memory array, e.g. addressing one storage element via at least two independent addressing line groups
- G11C 8/18 Address timing or clocking circuits; Address control signal generation or management, e.g. for row address strobe [RAS] or column address strobe [CAS] signals
- G11C 8/2 Address safety or protection circuits, i.e. arrangements for preventing unauthorized or accidental access
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class G11, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- MICRON TECHNOLOGY US 10,574
- SK HYNIX KR 9,138
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 9,004
- TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY TW 3,739
- IBM (INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION) US 3,443
- INTEL CORPORATION US 2,952
- SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES US 2,905
- WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES US 2,630
- TOSHIBA CORPORATION JP 2,593
- SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY US 2,472