Patent ID: 6888736

Claim:
A non-volatile memory storage method comprising: providing an array of field effect transistors (FETs), wherein each FET in the array has a gate, drain, source, and substrate terminals, a first ferroelectric region between the gate and the source, and a second ferroelectric region between the gate and the drain, wherein the array is arranged in rows and columns, the gates of the FETs in a same row being coupled to a word line, the sources of FETs in a same column being coupled to a source bit line, and the drains of FETs in a same column being coupled to a drain bit line; applying a voltage greater than the coercive voltage across a selected word line and a source bit line and the selected word line and the drain bit line of the same FET to polarize first and second ferroelectric regions associated with that FET to a first state while leaving the polarization of all other ferroelectric materials in the array unchanged; applying a voltage greater than the coercive voltage across the selected word line and the source bit line in the opposite direction to polarize said first ferroelectric region of the selected FET to a second state while leaving the polarization of all other ferroelectric materials in the array unchanged; applying a voltage less than the coercive voltage across the selected word line and the source bit line in the opposite direction to not polarize said first ferroelectric region of the selected FET while leaving the polarization of all other ferroelectric materials in the array unchanged; applying a voltage greater than the coercive voltage across the selected word line and the drain bit line in the opposite direction to polarize said first ferroelectric region of the selected FET to a second state while leaving the polarization of all other ferroelectric materials in the array unchanged; and applying a voltage less than the coercive voltage across the selected word line and the drain bit line in the opposite direction to not polarize said first ferroelectric region of the selected FET while leaving the polarization of all other ferroelectric materials in the array unchanged.