ROM embedded DRAM with programming
US6785167B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 18, 2002 |
| Grant date | Aug 31, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 18, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11C11/005
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Programming efficiency of a read only memory (ROM) embedded dynamic random access memory (DRAM) is improved by programming only one polarity of bits in non-volatile cells of the ROM embedded DRAM, and then blanket programming volatile cells in the ROM embedded DRAM to represent the remaining bits.
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