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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2008
Sei Seung Yoon, San Diego, CA (US);
Cheng Zhong, San Diego, CA (US);
Dongkyu Park, San Diego, CA (US);
Mohamed Hassan Abu-rahma, San Diego, CA (US);
Sei Seung Yoon, San Diego, CA (US);
Cheng Zhong, San Diego, CA (US);
Dongkyu Park, San Diego, CA (US);
Mohamed Hassan Abu-Rahma, San Diego, CA (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods of selectively applying negative voltage to word lines during memory device read operation are disclosed. In an embodiment, a memory device includes a word line logic circuit coupled to a plurality of word lines and adapted to selectively apply a positive voltage to a selected word line coupled to a selected memory cell that includes a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) device and to apply a negative voltage to unselected word lines.