PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16131430
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["365", "158000"]

Abstract:
The present invention is directed to a method for sensing the resistance state of a memory cell, which includes a memory element and a selection transistor coupled in series between first and second conductive lines. The method includes the steps of precharging the first conductive line; allowing the voltage of the first conductive line to decay toward zero by discharging through the second conductive line; measuring the voltage of the first conductive line after a discharge period to determine the resistance state of the memory cell; concluding that the memory cell is in the high resistance state if the measured voltage is greater than a reference level; and concluding that the memory cell is in the low resistance state if the measured voltage is less than the reference level. The discharge period is shorter than a time period required for the voltage of the first conductive line to reach zero.

Claim (Index 1):
A method for sensing a resistance state of a memory cell, which includes a memory element and a transistor coupled in series between first and second conductive lines, the method comprising the steps of:\n precharging at least the first conductive line to a first voltage; allowing a voltage of the first conductive line to decay by discharging through the second conductive line; measuring the voltage of the first conductive line after a discharge period to determine the resistance state of the memory cell; concluding that the memory cell is in a high resistance state if the measured voltage is greater than a reference level; and concluding that the memory cell is in a low resistance state if the measured voltage is less than the reference level, wherein the discharge period is shorter than a time period required for the voltage of the first conductive line to reach zero when the memory cell is in the high resistance state.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 12.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.46875
- Patent Class: 365.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15594387', '16002828', '15438631', '15264847', '15687687']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7956247988243171
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5357576390116161
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.769638082843047
- Mean Citation Score: 260.96557
- Max Citation Score: 395.6389
- Similarity Product: 347.0257704130529

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 0
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 0
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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