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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2006
Corvin Liaw, Munich, DE;
Heinz Hoenigschmid, Poecking, DE;
Milena Dimitrova, Munich, DE;
Michael Angerbauer, Palling, DE;
Corvin Liaw, Munich, DE;
Heinz Hoenigschmid, Poecking, DE;
Milena Dimitrova, Munich, DE;
Michael Angerbauer, Palling, DE;
Infineon Technologies AG, Neubiberg, DE;
Abstract
A method and a circuit configuration for generating a reference voltage in a resistive semiconductor memory includes generating a reference voltage by connecting together two bitlines having different voltages. This method for generating a reference voltage can be used in a method and in a circuit configuration for reading at least one memory cell of a resistive memory cell array in a semiconductor memory. The generated reference voltage and a voltage dependent on the content of a resistive memory cell are applied to an amplifier to determine the content of the memory cell. The content of the memory cell is determined dependent on a relationship between the reference voltage and the voltage dependent on the content of the memory cell.