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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. 22, 2001
Filed:
May. 18, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Infineion Technologies AG, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/02 ;
Abstract
The memory has a control unit, which, in order to generate a common reference potential on the two bit lines, turns on the first switching element and the selection transistors of the two reference memory cells and, after a specific time period, turns off the selection transistors, while the first switching element remains in the on state and compensates for a potential difference between the two bit lines.