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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 1991
Filed:
Jun. 28, 1989
Tatsuo Nagasaki, Yokohama, JP;
Masayoshi Omura, Tachikawa, JP;
Hitoshi Watanabe, Hachiooji, JP;
Shinichi Imade, Hachiooji, JP;
Eishi Ikuta, Sagamihara, JP;
Hiroyuki Yoshimori, Fujino, JP;
Kazuhisa Yanagisawa, Mitaka, JP;
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A ferroelectric memory includes a ferroelectric thin film having first and second surfaces opposite to each other, a first electrode assembly having a plurality of stripe electrodes arranged in parallel on the first surface side of the ferroelectric thin film, a second electrode assembly having a plurality of stripe electrodes arranged in parallel on the second surface side of the ferroelectric thin film to intersect the stripe electrodes of said first electrode assembly, first and second common electrodes arranged separately from the end portions of the respective first and second electrode assemblies to extend in respective directions in which the stripe electrodes of the first and second electrode assemblies are arranged, and selecting sections for respectively connecting the first and second electrode assemblies to the first and second common electrodes and selectively activating at least one of the stripe electrodes of each of the first and second electrode assemblies.