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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Christian E. Herdt, Westborough, MA (US);
Assignee:
Simtek Corporation, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 1/400 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 1/400 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a non-volatile, static random access memory (nvSRAM) in which there are at least two, non-volatile memory cells associated with each SRAM memory cell. The non-volatile memory cells are capable of being programmed with whatever bit of information is present in the SRAM at two different times. In one embodiment, the non-volatile memory cells are capable of being randomly programmed, i.e., programmed in any order. Further, the bits of data programmed into the non-volatile memory cells can be recalled in any order, i.e., randomly recalled.