Patent · US Expired

Integrated memory and corresponding operating method

US6538950B2 · kind B2 · utility

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5References

3Claims

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Assignee

Infineon Technologies AG · DE

Inventors

Thomas Böhm · Zorneding, DE
Heinz Honigschmid · Starnberg, DE
Georg Braun · Hersbruck, DE
Zoltan Manyoki · Gatineau, CA
Stefan Lammers · Hersbruck, DE
Thomas Rohr · Aschheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 27, 2001
Grant date	Mar 25, 2003
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 27, 2021

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG11C7/1006
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An integrated memory has a multiplexer and a differential sense amplifier with a differential input. The differential sense amplifier is connected to three bit lines by the multiplexer. The multiplexer electrically connects the differential input of the sense amplifier to any two of the three bit lines connected to it respectively, in accordance with its activation.

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