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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2011
Filed:
May. 02, 2008
Applicants:
Dietmar Gogl, Cary, NC (US);
Rainer Leuschner, Regensburg, DE;
Ulrich Klostermann, Munich, DE;
Inventors:
Assignees:
Qimonda AG, Munich, DE;
ALTIS Semiconductor, SNC, Corbeil Essonnes Cedex, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
According to one embodiment of the present invention, an integrated circuit includes a plurality of thermal selectable memory cells, each memory cell being connected to a conductive line, the conductive line having a first portion for applying a heating current, and a second portion for applying a programming current. The integrated circuit is configured such that the heating current and the programming current can be routed respectively to the first and the second portion of the conductive line independently from each other.