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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2005
Applicant:
Sylvie Wuidart, Pourrieres, FR;
Inventor:
Sylvie Wuidart, Pourrieres, FR;
Assignee:
STMicroelectronics S.A., Montrouge, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 8/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for reading of the state of a non-volatile memory element, including conditioning the frequency of a first oscillatory to the state of this element, and comparing the frequency of the first oscillator with the predetermined frequency of a second oscillator, selected between two possible frequency values for the first oscillator, according to the state of the storage element.