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Static information storage and retrieval – Read/write circuit – Particular read circuit

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C365S189160, C365S236000

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07839703

ABSTRACT:
A memory device that, in certain embodiments, includes a plurality of memory elements connected to a bit-line and a delta-sigma modulator with a digital output and an analog input, which may be connected to the bit-line. In some embodiments, the delta-sigma modulator includes an adder with first and second inputs and an output. The first input may be connected to the analog input. The delta-sigma modulator may also include an integrator connected to the output of the adder, an analog-to-digital converter with an input connected to an output of the integrator and an output connected to the digital output, and a digital-to-analog converter with an input connected to the output of the analog-to-digital converter and an output connected to the second input of the adder.

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