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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. 08, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2005
Applicant:
Thomas Roehr, Aschheim, DE;
Inventor:
Thomas Roehr, Aschheim, DE;
Assignee:
Infineon Technologies AG, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/34 (2006.01); G11C 16/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for reading from a memory arrangement, in particular, for reading from a CBRAM or another memory arrangement based on resistively switching memory cells includes charging a bit line to a voltage value, discharging the bit line by a cell resistance, and subsequently assessing a resulting voltage difference in a measuring device, in particular, a differential sense amplifier.