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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2008
G. R. Mohan Rao, McKinney, TX (US);
G. R. Mohan Rao, McKinney, TX (US);
S. Aqua Semiconductor, LLC, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
Embodiments provide systems, methods, and apparatuses with a plurality of row lines and column lines arranged in a matrix, and at least one memory cell having an access transistor and a CMOS-compatible non-volatile storage element coupled to the access transistor in series. The CMOS-compatible non-volatile storage element includes a node and is configured to hold a charge corresponding to a n-bit binary value where n is an integer greater than 1. The access transistor has a word line gate coupled to a row line, a first node coupled to a column line, a second node coupled to a storage node, with the storage node connected to said node of the CMOS-compatible non-volatile storage element. Access circuitry coupled to the memory cell is configured to activate the memory cell and sense a resulting current corresponding to the n-bit binary value.