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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2012
Filed:
May. 16, 2008
Applicants:
Petra Majewski, Munich, DE;
Jan Boris Philipp, Munich, DE;
Inventors:
Petra Majewski, Munich, DE;
Jan Boris Philipp, Munich, DE;
Assignee:
Qimonda AG, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An integrated circuit includes an array of resistance changing memory cells, and a circuit configured to apply an initialization signal to a first one of the memory cells that is in a virgin resistance state. The initialization signal is configured to modify the first memory cell without switching an operation state of the first memory cell.