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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 23, 1996
Takashi Mihara, Iruma, JP;
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A ferroelectric memory having a thin ferroelectric film sandwiched between a pair of electrodes as a memory cell includes a first pulse generating circuit for applying a first pulse having a voltage Ve higher than a coercive voltage Vc of the thin ferroelectric film to the memory cell, thereby forming a polarized state in a first direction of two states of polarization, a second pulse generating circuit for applying to the memory cell a second pulse having a voltage Vw whose polarity is opposite to a polarity of the first pulse applied by the first pulse generating circuit, thereby forming a partially polarized state containing both domains having polarization in the first direction and domains having polarization in a second direction opposite to the first direction, and an analog recording unit for performing analog recording by controlling the partially polarized state by using the second pulse generated by the second pulse generating circuit.