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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:
Aug. 31, 1982
Filed:
Jun. 09, 1980
Applicant:
Inventor:
David B Eardley, Stanfordville, NY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ; G11C / ; G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
365105 ; 365175 ;
Abstract
This matrix has high barrier Schottky diodes at Read or Reproduce Only Storage (ROS) matrix crossovers to represent 1's (the absence of diodes representing 0's) and low barrier Schottky diodes connected to select individual column lines (bit lines) of the ROS matrix. A current sink is connected to each column. Any unselected column causes the current in that column to be diverted through the respective low barrier diode, thus preventing that current from flowing into the selected word line. The only current that flows into the selected word line of a matrix depends from the single selected column current source.