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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2004
Filed:
May. 27, 2003
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hans Viehmann, S. Burlington, VT (US);
John K. DeBrosse, Colchester, VT (US);
Assignee:
Infineon Technologies AG, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 1/140 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 1/140 ;
Abstract
A circuit configuration for a current switch of a bit line or a word line of a magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) device, comprising a directional switch and a voltage driver that, in operation, reduces the ON resistance of the directional switch. In one embodiment, each terminal of the line is provided with such a switch.