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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Sei-Seung Yoon, Cupertino, CA (US);
Seong-Ook Jung, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
T-Ram, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 1/134 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 1/134 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a circuit and a method for providing nondestructive write operations and optimized memory access operations with reduced power consumption during memory access, such as during write operations. In one embodiment, a memory device comprises a memory cell configured to store a first data bit. The memory device also comprises a write access circuit coupled to the memory cell for providing a write data bit having a write data bit magnitude. The write access circuit is configured to adjust the write data bit magnitude to an intermediate logic state magnitude in a memory operation.