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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:
May. 23, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 16, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tso-Ping Ma, Branford, CT (US);
Jin-Ping Han, New Haven, CT (US);
Assignee:
Yale University, New Haven, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
365145 ; 365149 ; 365222 ;
Abstract
A memory including an array of memory cells, each of which includes a ferroelectric field effect transistor (FET) as its memory element; and sense and refresh circuitry connected to the array of memory cells to read stored data within each cell by sensing source-to-drain conductivity of the ferroelectric transistor and to refresh the stored data.