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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:
Mar. 03, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 13, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jy-Der D Tai, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
365145 ; 365149 ;
Abstract
A data storage element (10) comprises a switch (11) and a ferroelectric capacitor (12). The switch (11) has a control terminal connected to a word line (13), a first current conducting terminal coupled to a bit line (16) via the ferroelectric capacitor (12), and a second current conducting terminal connected to a plate line (14). The data storage element (10) fully restores data in the ferroelectric capacitor (12) after a reading operation without consuming extra power to boost the word line (13) voltage.