Patent · US Expired

Addressing of memory matrix

US6950330B2 · kind B2 · utility

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5References

20Claims

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Assignee

Thin Film Electronics ASA · NO

Inventors

Michael O. Thompson · Ithaca, US
Per-Erik Nordal · Asker, NO
Hans Gude Gudesen · Fredrikstad, NO
Johan Carlsson · Cologne, DE
Goran Gustafsson · Säter, SE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 7, 2004
Grant date	Sep 27, 2005
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 7, 2024

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG09G2320/0209
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of driving a passive matrix display or memory array of cells comprising an electrically polarizable material exhibiting hysteresis, in particular a ferroelectric material, wherein the polarization state of individual cells can be switched by application of electric potentials or voltages to word and bit lines in the matrix or array.

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