Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method of reading dual-bit memory cell
- Patent Title (中): 读取双位存储单元的方法
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Application No.: US12914020Application Date: 2010-10-28
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Publication No.: US08259492B2Publication Date: 2012-09-04
- Inventor: Yao-Wen Chang , Tao-Cheng Lu
- Applicant: Yao-Wen Chang , Tao-Cheng Lu
- Applicant Address: TW Hsinchu
- Assignee: Macronix International Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Macronix International Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: TW Hsinchu
- Agency: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC
- Priority: TW95136392A 20060929
- Main IPC: G11C11/34
- IPC: G11C11/34

Abstract:
A method of reading a dual-bit memory cell includes a controlling terminal, a first terminal, and a second terminal. The dual-bit memory cell has a first bit storage node and a second bit storage node near the first terminal and the second terminal respectively. First, a controlling voltage and a read voltage are applied to the controlling terminal and the first terminal respectively. The second terminal is grounded to measure a first output current value of the first terminal. Then, the controlling voltage and the read voltage are applied to the controlling terminal and the second terminal respectively. The first terminal is grounded to measure a second output current value of the second terminal. Afterward, the bit state of the first bit storage node and the bit state of the second bit storage node is read simultaneously according to the first output current value and the second output current value.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110038208A1 METHOD OF READING DUAL-BIT MEMORY CELL Public/Granted day:2011-02-17
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