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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2014
Applicant:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventors:
Jose A. Rodriguez-Latorre, Dallas, TX (US);
Hugh P. McAdams, McKinney, TX (US);
Manish Goel, Plano, TX (US);
Assignee:
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/22 (2006.01); G06F 11/10 (2006.01); G11C 29/52 (2006.01); H03M 13/29 (2006.01); G11C 29/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/2275 (2013.01); G06F 11/1008 (2013.01); G06F 11/1068 (2013.01); G11C 11/221 (2013.01); G11C 11/2273 (2013.01); G11C 29/52 (2013.01); H03M 13/2945 (2013.01); G11C 2029/0411 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of operating a memory circuit (FIGS.A andB) is disclosed. The method includes writing true data (01) to a plurality of bits (B, B). A first data state (0) is written to a signal bit (B) indicating the true data. The true data is read and complementary data (10) is written to the plurality of bits. A second data state (1) is written to the signal bit indicating the complementary data.