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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:
Apr. 10, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2005
Applicants:
Eric Martin, Corvallis, OR (US);
Edward Enciso, Corvallis, OR (US);
Stanley J. Wang, Albany, OR (US);
Inventors:
Eric Martin, Corvallis, OR (US);
Edward Enciso, Corvallis, OR (US);
Stanley J. Wang, Albany, OR (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An embodiment includes a first semiconductor element coupled between a precharge signal and a node, the first semiconductor element to allow current to flow from the precharge signal to the node when a positive voltage is present on the precharge signal, and a switching device coupled between the node and a voltage signal, the switching device to allow current flow between the node and the voltage signal when an enable signal is asserted.