Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Holland + Knight
  • Patent number: 6754095
    Abstract: A D/A converter capable of temporally controlling output of analog data during D/A conversion is provided. The digital to analog converter includes a ferroelectric non-volatile semiconductor memory. The ferroelectric non-volatile semiconductor memory includes a data line, a memory unit which has M memory cells, and M plate lines. Each of the memory cells includes a first electrode, a ferroelectric layer and a second electrode. The first electrode of the memory cells is shared in the memory unit and is connected to the data line. The second electrode of the mth memory cell is connected to the mth plate line. And the area of the ferroelectric layer of the memory cells varies among the memory cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2004
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Tanaka, Toshiyuki Nishihara, Yukihisa Tsuneda