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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:
Sep. 03, 1991
Filed:
Aug. 01, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Theodore W Houston, Richardson, TX (US);
Terence G Blake, Dallas, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
365156 ; 365154 ; 365190 ;
Abstract
A memory cell is disclosed comprising cross-coupled inverters including gated diodes connected in the cross-coupling which increase the memory cell's resistance to single event upset. The layouts for constructing such a memory cell, which optimize READ and WRITE speeds, are also disclosed.