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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2012
Suhail Zain, San Ramon, CA (US);
Helmut Puchner, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Walt Anderson, Dublin, CA (US);
David Still, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Suhail Zain, San Ramon, CA (US);
Helmut Puchner, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Walt Anderson, Dublin, CA (US);
David Still, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Cypress Semiconductor Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A device can include a plurality of memory cells, each memory cell including at least one latch circuit coupled between two data nodes, a first nonvolatile section coupled to a first data node, and a second nonvolatile section coupled to a second data node; and each nonvolatile section including at least one switch element in series with a programmable nonvolatile element, the switch element configured to couple the nonvolatile element to the corresponding data node during a high reliability read operation of the memory cell.