发明名称 Circuit and method of writing a toggle memory
摘要 A magnetoresistive random access memory is operated in a toggle fashion so that its logic state is flipped from its current state to the alternate state when written. This provides for a more consistent and reliable programming because the magnetic transitional energy states during the toggle operation are stable. In a write situation, however, this does mean that the state of the cell must be read and compared to the desired state of the cell before the cell is flipped. If the cell is already in the desired logic state, then it should not be written. This read time penalty before writing is reduced by beginning the write process while reading and then aborting the write step if the cell is already in the desired state. The write can actually begin on the cell and be aborted without adversely effecting the state of the cell.
申请公布号 US6693824(B2) 申请公布日期 2004.02.17
申请号 US20020186141 申请日期 2002.06.28
申请人 MOTOROLA, INC. 发明人 NAHAS JOSEPH J.;ANDRE THOMAS W.;SUBRAMANIAN CHITRA K.;GARNI BRAD J.
分类号 G11C11/15;G11C11/16;(IPC1-7):G11C11/00 主分类号 G11C11/15
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