Patent ID: 6909626

Claim:
A method of accessing a memory location comprising at least one respective ferroelectric storage unit of a matrix of ferroelectric storage units, the method comprising: selecting the memory location, said selecting comprising connecting a first terminal of a ferroelectric storage element of the at least one respective storage unit of the accessed memory location to a respective access line to the memory location, said selecting also causing the selection of at least another memory location to which is not intended to be accessed; biasing a second terminal of the ferroelectric storage element of the at least one storage unit of the accessed memory location to a prescribed access electric potential, said biasing also causing the biasing to the access electric potential of the second terminal of the ferroelectric storage elements of the other memory location; sensing an electric potential on the access lines, characterized by comprising placing onto the access line associated with the at least one storage unit of the other memory location an electric potential substantially equal to the access potential applied to the second terminal of the respective ferroelectric storage element, thereby a polarization state of the ferroelectric storage elements of the other memory location is not modified.