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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:
Jun. 08, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2007
Applicant:
Sudhir K. Madan, Richardson, TX (US);
Inventor:
Sudhir K. Madan, Richardson, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
One embodiment relates to a ferroelectric memory device. The ferroelectric memory device includes a memory array comprising one or more ferroelectric memory cells that are arranged in a number of plateline groups. The memory device also includes a plateline driver configured to boost a plateline voltage above a supply voltage within the plateline driver, and provide the boosted plateline voltage along platelines associated with the plateline driver. Other methods and systems are also disclosed.