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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 1990
Filed:
Dec. 14, 1987
Roger G Stewart, Hillsborough Township, Somerset County, NJ (US);
Alfred C Ipri, Hopewell Township, Mercer County, NJ (US);
Louis S Napoli, Hamilton Township, Mercer County, NJ (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A compact memory has a plurality of memory cells that are serially coupled. The plurality of cells are capacitively coupled to a substrate and directly coupled to switching circuits at both of its ends, which can disconnect the plurality of cells from a bit line at one end and a ground bus at the other end. An inhibit operation comprises precharging an array of pluralities of cells and the discharging of a selected plurality of cells. A WRITE operation comprises turning ON non-selected cells and then applying a programming voltage to a selected cell.