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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2009
Filed:
May. 31, 2007
Applicant:
Sudhir Kumar Madan, Richardson, TX (US);
Inventor:
Sudhir Kumar Madan, Richardson, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Memory devices are provided, having a ferroelectric memory array and a zero cancellation system with one or more zero cancellation circuits for coupling a negative charge to a memory array bitline through a zero cancellation capacitor while a memory cell plateline signal is applied during a read operation, wherein one or more layers of the zero cancellation system layout is identical or substantially identical to that of the memory cells of the array.