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Programmable memory element

US5696716A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 4, 1997
Grant dateDec 9, 1997
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Expiry dateFeb 4, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11C29/78
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A non-volatile memory element with dual programmable cells and associated read circuit, which comprises a circuit of the bistable type connected between the two memory cells, to which it is coupled through first and second switching circuit elements. Such switching elements enable a single initial write step by one of the two memory cells only, and thereafter, enable connection of the clear cell and the programmed cell to the bistable circuit.

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