Patent ID: 6625068
Filing Date: 2003-09-23
Classification: G11C

Abstract:
A computer having an input device, an output device, a storage device, and a processor connected to said input device, said output device, and said storage device comprising:a memory having at least one memory array having memory cells and having a circuit connected to said processor comprising: a plurality of complementary pairs of digit lines; a row line coupled to said plurality of complementary pairs of digit lines; a plurality of memory cells, at least one of said plurality of memory cells being connected to at least one of said plurality of complementary pairs of digit lines; and a plurality of current-limiting circuits, at least one of said plurality of current-limiting circuits being connected to said at least one of said plurality of memory cells and said at least one of said plurality of complementary pairs of digit lines for utilizing current feedback for limiting a current flow through said plurality of complementary pairs of digit lines during shorting of said at least one of said plurality of complementary pairs of digit lines, each of said plurality of current-limiting circuits comprising a long length, depletion mode transistor having its gate connected to said plurality of complementary pairs of digit lines.