Patent ID: 9263126
Filing Date: 2016-02-16
CPC Classification: G11C

Claim Text:
1. A method for determining the resistive state of at least one resistive change element within a resistive change element array, comprising: providing a resistive change element array, said resistive change element array comprising: charging all of said bit lines and all of said word lines within said resistive change element array to a preselected voltage level simultaneously; selecting one word line within said resistive change element array and allowing said selected word line to float while driving all of the other word lines and all of the bit lines to ground; observing the current through those resistive change elements that are in electrical communication with said selected word line as said selected word line discharges through those resistive change elements to measure at least one read current value for at least one resistive change element; and determining from said at least one read current value the resistive state of at least one resistive change element.