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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 06, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Rafael Fried, Caesarea, IL;
Tzahi Shalit, Caesarea, IL;
Assignee:
DSP Group, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 1/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 1/700 ;
Abstract
A read only memory (ROM) which is made up of an array and a current sensing circuit. The array is made up of a number of cells each cell being adapted for storing N bits. Each cell has an operative element which is of one of 2,sizes representative of a combination of N bits. The current sensing circuit is connected to the array and senses the size of the operative elements of the array. The current sensing circuit thus differentiates between the 2,sizes of the operative elements to determine the values of each bit of the N bits in each cell. N is an integer greater than 1.