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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2012
Applicants:
Satoshi Ishikura, Osaka, JP;
Norihiko Sumitani, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Satoshi Ishikura, Osaka, JP;
Norihiko Sumitani, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/00 (2006.01); G11C 11/412 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/412 (2013.01);
Abstract
A semiconductor memory includes a plurality of memory cells. The plurality of memory cells each include a latch having two inverters, where an input node and an output node of one of the inverters are respectively coupled to an output node and to an input node of the other one of the inverters, a first switch coupled in series with the latch between a first and a second power sources, and a second switch coupled in parallel with the first switch.