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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2002
Filed:
May. 12, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bertrand Borot, Crolles, FR;
Stéphane Hanriat, Saint Vincent de Mercuze, FR;
Assignee:
STMicroelectronics S.r.l., Agrate Brianza, IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 1/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 1/700 ;
Abstract
A ROM including memory cells, the programmed cells being formed of a transistor connected between a bit line and a supply potential, the cells being organized in sets of at least one column coupled to one sense amplifier per set. The cell programming is inverted with respect to a desired programming only in specific sets where the desired programming would result in a number of programmed cells greater than the number of unprogrammed cells, the logic state provided by the sense amplifiers associated with the specific sets being inverted.