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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2006
Applicants:
Matthias Knopf, Poing, DE;
Stephan Kraus, Munich, DE;
Gunther Lehmann, Holzkirchen, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Infineon Technologies AG, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/00 (2006.01); G11C 5/00 (2006.01); G11C 11/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A memory device is provided, the memory device having a memory cell, a programming unit for programming the memory cell, and a switching unit for optionally connecting or isolating a terminal of the memory cell to or from a potential which serves for altering an electrical property of the memory cell and for thereby effecting an altered programming state of the memory cell.