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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:
Jul. 29, 1997
Filed:
Sep. 08, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
365210 ; 365149 ;
Abstract
Dummy information of a third level, which is between first and second levels written in a plurality of memory cells, is written in a dummy memory cell from a source node through transistors. Thus, a potential difference is caused between a read bit line and a dummy read bit line in reading. A potential comparison circuit indicates the level of information read from any memory cell on the basis of the comparison result as to the potentials of the dummy read bit line and the read bit line. Thus, the read rate is increased, the read operation is stabilized and increase of the chip area is suppressed.