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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2008
Applicants:
Enzo Michele Donze, San Giuseppe Jato, IT;
Salvatore Polizzi, Palermo, IT;
Greg Komoto, Sacramento, CA (US);
Inventors:
Enzo Michele Donze, San Giuseppe Jato, IT;
Salvatore Polizzi, Palermo, IT;
Greg Komoto, Sacramento, CA (US);
Assignee:
STMicroelectronics S.r.l., Agrate Brianza, IT;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A memory device including a memory array comprising a set of phase change memory cells configured to store data. The memory device further includes a protection register including a set of protection cells configured to store protection information of the memory cells. The protection cells of the protection register are memory cells of the memory array.