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US 2010/0246235 A1Published application
Memory Cell Heating Elements
AssigneeInfineon Technologies AG
InventorVincent Gouin
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to the heating of memory cells.
Claims25
An apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of memory cells;
- a plurality of bitlines, wherein each memory cell is coupled to one or more of the plurality of bitlines;
- and
- a plurality of memory cell heating elements, wherein each memory cell heating element is coupled to at least one of the plurality of bitlines.
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A method comprising:
- identifying one or more inactive memory cells of an array of memory cells;
- and
- providing a heating current to at least one bitline coupled to the one or more inactive memory cells during a period when no attempts are made to access data stored by the one or more inactive memory cells.
A method comprising
- identifying one or more active memory cells of an array of memory cells;
- identifying an unselected active memory cell of the one or more active memory cells;
- and
- providing a heating current to at least one bitline coupled to the unselected active memory cell.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of memory cells;
- a wordline coupled to each of the plurality of memory cells;
- and
- a wordline heating arrangement coupled to the wordline.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.