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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2014
Applicant:
Nxp B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Inventors:
Rajat Kohli, Kalkaji, IN;
Patrick Van de steeg, Eindhoven, NL;
Jwalant Mishra, Bangalore, IN;
Pankaj Agarwal, Bangalore, IN;
Assignee:
NXP B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 17/00 (2006.01); G11C 17/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 17/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed is a ROM memory device including a plurality of rows and columns of memory cells, each memory cell including a bit line pair and a transistor to store two bits of data therein, and a virtual ground line disposed between adjacent pairs of bit line pairs, wherein the bit line pair and virtual ground line are used to read data stored in the memory cells.