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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2004
Applicant:
Peer Schmitt, Paris, FR;
Inventor:
Peer Schmitt, Paris, FR;
Assignee:
Mentor Graphics Corporation, Wilsonville, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A memory device is disclosed having a plurality of dual-bit addressable memory cells. In each memory cell, a first storage circuit for storing a first bit may be activated or de-activated depending upon the state of a second bit stored in a second storage circuit. The second bit may be considered to be a 'don't care' bit, because depending upon the state of the second bit, the first bit may be irrelevant in that it cannot be read. Thus, each memory cell may effectively store three states: zero, one, and don't care.