Invention Application
- Patent Title: DEVICE AND METHOD FOR READING OUT MEMORY INFORMATION
- Patent Title (中): 用于读出存储器信息的装置和方法
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Application No.: US11846914Application Date: 2007-08-29
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Publication No.: US20080056024A1Publication Date: 2008-03-06
- Inventor: Michael Bollu , Michael Sommer
- Applicant: Michael Bollu , Michael Sommer
- Applicant Address: DE Neubiberg
- Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
- Current Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
- Current Assignee Address: DE Neubiberg
- Priority: DE102006040571.4 20060830
- Main IPC: G11C7/00
- IPC: G11C7/00

Abstract:
A device for reading out memory information storable in a memory has an integrator and a comparator. The memory provides, in a hold phase, a leakage current, and in a readout phase, a readout current. The readout current is dependent on the stored memory information. The integrator is adapted to integrate a quantity derived from the leakage current during the hold phase, and to provide a leakage voltage corresponding to an integrated leakage current. The integrator is further adapted to integrate a quantity derived from the readout current during the readout phase, and to provide a readout voltage corresponding to an integrated readout current. The comparator may compare the leakage voltage to the readout voltage and provide, in dependence on the comparison, a readout value corresponding to the memory information.
Public/Granted literature
- US07619924B2 Device and method for reading out memory information Public/Granted day:2009-11-17
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