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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. 21, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2006
Applicants:
Corvin Liaw, Munich, DE;
Heinz Hoenigschmid, Poecking, DE;
Rainer Bruchhaus, Munich, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Infineon Technologies AG, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention is related to a memory circuit comprising: a resistive memory element comprising a programmable metallization cell, a bit line, a selection transistor operable to address the resistive memory element for coupling the resistive memory element to the bit line, and a further transistor coupled with the resistive memory element for applying a predefined potential at a node between the selection transistor and the resistive memory element.