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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:
Apr. 13, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Joerg Wohlfahrt, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Infineon Technologies Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/976 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/976 ;
Abstract
An IC with a memory array having a series architecture is disclosed. The memory cells of the series group are arranged in pairs in which the capacitors of a memory cell pair are stacked one on top of the other. This advantageously allows for larger capacitor arrays without increasing the chip size.