Patent ID: 11929117
Assignee: YANGTZE MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 7:
8. A memory device, comprising:
a bit line;
a plurality of memory cells coupled with the bit line, each one of the plurality of memory cells comprising a common phase-change memory (PCM) element, and two selectors coupled with the common PCM element;
at least two word lines, wherein each one of the at least two word lines is coupled with each one of the two selectors; and
a plurality of comparator circuits, wherein each one of the plurality of comparator circuit is coupled with two of the at least two word lines such that each one of the plurality of comparator circuit is configured to compare every two of at least two signals received from the at least two word lines and output a bit for each comparing result, and wherein each one of the plurality of memory cells stores a number of bits corresponding to a number of the comparing result.