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Memory device and method of operation thereof

US8130579B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 3, 2010
Grant dateMar 6, 2012
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Expiry dateAug 19, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11C11/412
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Memory devices and methods of operating a memory cell are disclosed in which a bitline can be grounded after charge sharing with an electrically floating ground line and before writing data to the memory cell. An electric potential of an upper power supply node of a memory cell can be lowered and an electric potential of a lower power supply node of the memory cell can be raised before writing data to the memory cell.

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