Title :
High Density CMOS Read-Only Memories for a Handheld Electronics Language Translator
Author :
Kamuro, Setsufumi ; Masaki, Yoshifumi ; Sano, Kenji ; Kimura, Seiji ; Aoki, Yoshimasa
Author_Institution :
Integrated Circuits Division Sharp Corporation
Abstract :
For a long time, language translations by using powerful large computers have been studied in laboratories. In recent years, owing to the rapid progress in microcomputer performance, a handheld electronics language translator appeared. The first handheld language translator was introduced in the end of 1978, and then more two companies announced their own handy-type translators in the United States. In Japan, two models of hand-held language translators with 5x7 matrix dots-pattern liquid crystal display (LCD) were produced in 1979 and 1980.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; CMOS memory circuits; Electric variables; Laboratories; Liquid crystal displays; Microcomputers; Natural languages; Read only memory; Read-write memory; Semiconductor device modeling;
Journal_Title :
Consumer Electronics, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TCE.1981.273529
