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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:
Jan. 13, 1987
Filed:
Nov. 02, 1984
Applicant:
Inventor:
William J Donoghue, Round Rock, TX (US);
Assignee:
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
365104 ; 365210 ;
Abstract
A memory which has memory cells with first and second orientations also has reference cells with first and second orientations. When a memory cell with the first orientation is selected, an output of a reference cell with the first orientation is compared to that of the selected cell with the first orientation. When a memory cell with the second orientation is selected, an output of a reference cell with the second orientation is compared to that of the selected cell with the second orientation.