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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas Kern, München, DE;
Esther Vega Ordonez, München, DE;
Matthias von Daak, München, DE;
Assignee:
Infineon Technologies AG, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/02 ; G11C 7/00 ; G11C 1/606 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/02 ; G11C 7/00 ; G11C 1/606 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to an evaluation circuit for reading out the information stored in a memory cell, the current (read-out current) carried on a bit line ( ) being assessed, the evaluation circuit ( ) comprising a bit line decoder ( ) and a precharge and converter circuit ( ). In order to reduce the read-out duration particularly in the case of large scale integrated memory cells ( ), a current source ( ) is provided, which increases the read-out current (I ) by an offset current (I ).