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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2011
Filed:
May. 03, 2007
Applicants:
Nicholas T. Hendrickson, Folsom, CA (US);
Kerry D. Tedrow, Folsom, CA (US);
Inventors:
Nicholas T. Hendrickson, Folsom, CA (US);
Kerry D. Tedrow, Folsom, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A transistor provides a voltage source commonly switched by SE and SO switches to pre-charge both the even bitline and the odd bitline. The SE and SO switches are open during a sensing stage to determine whether the cell side or the reference side has a higher current and determine the charge stored by a memory cell transistor.