Patent ID: 7495945

Claim:
A memory cell for storage of a data item in an integrated circuit, comprising: a resistive memory element having different conductance states depending on the stored data item; a memory unit for passing the stored data item to the integrated circuit; a read unit configured to pass the data item on for storage in the memory unit, wherein the data item is determined as a function of the conductance state of the memory element; a control unit configured to selectively activate the read unit, whereby the memory element is connected to the memory unit, and deactivate the read unit after storage of the data item in the memory unit, whereby the memory element is isolated from the memory unit, and wherein the memory unit comprises a first inverter and a second inverter having respective inputs connected to respective outputs of each other, wherein the first inverters emits the stored data item at its output and the second inverter emits an inverted data item which has been inverted with respect to the stored data item at its output, and wherein the memory unit stores the data item produced at the output of the first inverter.