Memory circuit with an optical input

US7099585B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Infineon Technologies AG · DE

Inventors

• Eric Cordes · Isny im Allgäu, DE
• Georg Eggers · Birkenfeld, DE
• Christian Stocken · Munich, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 31, 2002
• Grant date: Aug 29, 2006
• Expiry date: Mar 14, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G11C7/1081
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A memory circuit includes a plurality of memory cells, an input/output area for addressing or writing onto the plurality of memory cells by means of electrical signals, and an optical-electrical converter for converting optical signals into the electrical signals, the plurality of memory cells and the input/output area being integrated on a chip, and the optical-electrical converter being mechanically connected to the chip or being integrated into the chip.