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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2004
Kurt Hoffmann, Taufkirchen, DE;
Kurt Hoffmann, Taufkirchen, DE;
Infineon Technologies AG, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A method for improving read signals in a memory including passive memory elements provided at crossover locations of word and bit lines, and in which stored digital information is represented by a respective resistance of the memory elements includes: determining logic levels of information bits to be written to the memory elements associated with a respective bit line; inverting the logic levels of the information bits if more than half of information bits to be written to the memory elements associated with the respective bit line have a logic level corresponding to a low-value resistance of the memory elements; writing the information bits to the memory elements; and generating an additional check bit, a logic level of which represents an inverted or non-inverted state of the information bits.