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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2004
Applicants:
Michael O. Thompson, Ithaca, NY (US);
Per-erik Nordal, Asker, NO;
Hans Gude Gudesen, Brussels, BE;
Johan Carlsson, Linköping, SE;
Göran Gustafsson, Linköping, SE;
Inventors:
Michael O. Thompson, Ithaca, NY (US);
Per-Erik Nordal, Asker, NO;
Hans Gude Gudesen, Brussels, BE;
Johan Carlsson, Linköping, SE;
Göran Gustafsson, Linköping, SE;
Assignee:
Thin Film Electronics ASA, Oslo, NO;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C011/22 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of driving a passive matrix display or memory array of cells comprising an electrically polarizable material exhibiting hysteresis, in particular a ferroelectric material, wherein the polarization state of individual cells can be switched by application of electric potentials or voltages to word and bit lines in the matrix or array.