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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:
Sep. 26, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 21, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Duane J Loeper, Spring City, PA (US);
Assignee:
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murry Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
36518521 ; 36518525 ;
Abstract
An integrated circuit memory array has a plurality of rows of memory cells. The rows of the memory array are divided into a plurality of words. Each memory cell is in a column of the memory array, and is coupled at an output terminal to a prechargeable column output line for the column. Each memory cell of a given word is coupled at a source terminal to a local source line for the word. The local source line for each word of the memory array is selectively coupleable to ground.