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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:
Oct. 25, 2005
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2002
Applicants:
Sei-seung Yoon, Cupertino, CA (US);
Seong-ook Jung, Cupertino, CA (US);
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 ...
G11C011/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A circuit and a method are provided for facilitating control of bit lines in preparation for, or during, sense amplification of data signals from thinly capacitively-coupled thyristor ('TCCT')-based memory cells. In accordance with a specific embodiment, a circuit and method are designed, among other things, to effectively minimize power consumption by memory cells and to increase speed and reliability of sense amplification. In another specific embodiment, the circuit and method are directed to TCCT-based memory cells.