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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:
Jul. 10, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2005
Applicants:
Glen Hush, Boise, ID (US);
Jake Baker, Meridian, ID (US);
Inventors:
Glen Hush, Boise, ID (US);
Jake Baker, Meridian, ID (US);
Assignee:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for sensing the resistance state of a programmable resistance memory, using complementary memory elements, one holding the resistance state being sensed and the other holding a complementary resistance state. A sense amplifier detects voltages discharging through the resistance elements to determine the resistance state of an element being read.