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Biasing scheme of floating unselected wordlines and bitlines of a diode-based memory array

US6462984B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJun 29, 2001
Grant dateOct 8, 2002
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Expiry dateJun 29, 2021

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11C2213/76
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An integrated circuit (IC) has a number of memory cells, each of which has a diode structure coupled between a bitline and a wordline that are selected when programming that cell. A target memory cell of the IC is programmed while simultaneously floating a number of unselected bitlines and wordlines in the IC.

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