Patent · US Expired

Memory device

US6590821B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Infineon Technologies AG · DE

Inventors

Uwe Weder · Freiburg im Breisgau, DE
Hans-Heinrich Viehmann · Munich, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 22, 2002
Grant date	Jul 8, 2003
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 22, 2022

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG11C7/062
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A description is given of a memory device having memory cells for storing data. The memory device described is distinguished by the fact that a current switch-off device is provided, which prevents an existing current flow through the memory cell to be read in response to the identification of the memory cell content, and/or that a discharge device is provided, which partly discharges again a node in the memory cell which is to be precharged before the memory cell is read.

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