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Semiconductor read-only memory

US4074238A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 12, 1976
Grant dateFeb 14, 1978
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Expiry dateMar 12, 1996

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11C17/12
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A read-only memory of lateral type comprising a plurality of information memory circuits connected in parallel with one another across a first line and a second line. In each of the information memory circuits, a first insulated-gate field effect transistor of either the depletion mode or the enhancement mode, selected depending on the information to be stored, is connected in series with a second insulated-gate field effect transistor of enhancement mode. The read-only memory further comprises reading means for reading the mode of the first insulated-gate field effect transistor in each information memory circuits, so that an output signal according to the mode of the first insulated-gate field effect transistor can be read out from the memory by the reading means.

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