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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Keith Wong, San Jose, CA (US);
Pau-Ling Chen, Saratoga, CA (US);
Michael S. Chung, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 1/606 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 1/606 ;
Abstract
A method of reading a memory cell, and a memory array using the method, are described. An electrical load is applied to a first node in the memory array, the first node corresponding to the memory cell. A second node in the memory array, the second node on a same word line as the first node, is precharged. The second node is separated from the first node by at least one intervening node in the same word line.