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Rom-embedded-DRAM

US6134137A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 31, 1998
Grant dateOct 17, 2000
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Expiry dateJul 31, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10B20/30
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A ROM is embedded within an array of DRAM cells by changing a single mask in a DRAM fabrication process to selectively short circuit the DRAM capacitor lower electrode to its own wordline to create a read-only "1" or to the wordline of an adjacent cell to create a read only "0".

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