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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 1982
Filed:
Oct. 11, 1979
Applicant:
Inventor:
G R Rao, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ; H01L / ; G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
357 41 ; 357 23 ; 365149 ;
Abstract
An MOS/LSI type dynamic RAM with single 5V supply and grounded substrate employs a pair of dummy columns on each end of the cell array to prevent pattern sensitivity in testing. The dummy columns have capacitors which alternate between large and small so a given cell will always read a '1' or '0' upon refresh. These cells are not accessed in normal read or write cycles. Thus, regardless of the row addressed, one column line half on each side will go high and the other low. This shields the ends of the array from diffusing electrons (minority carriers).