IPC Main Group
G11C 7/00 Arrangements for writing information into, or reading information out from, a digital store
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Classification Context
- Section:
- PHYSICS
- Class:
- INFORMATION STORAGE
- Subclass:
- STATIC STORES
11 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- G11C 7/02 with means for avoiding parasitic signals
- G11C 7/04 with means for avoiding disturbances due to temperature effects
- G11C 7/06 Sense amplifiers; Associated circuits
- G11C 7/1 Input/output [I/O] data interface arrangements, e.g. I/O data control circuits, I/O data buffers
- G11C 7/12 Bit line control circuits, e.g. drivers, boosters, pull-up circuits, pull-down circuits, precharging circuits, equalising circuits, for bit lines
- G11C 7/14 Dummy cell management; Sense reference voltage generators
- G11C 7/16 Storage of analogue signals in digital stores using an arrangement comprising analogue/digital [A/D] converters, digital memories and digital/analogue [D/A] converters
- G11C 7/18 Bit line organisation; Bit line lay-out
- G11C 7/2 Memory cell initialisation circuits, e.g. when powering up or down, memory clear, latent image memory
- G11C 7/22 Read-write [R-W] timing or clocking circuits; Read-write [R-W] control signal generators or management
- G11C 7/24 Memory cell safety or protection circuits, e.g. arrangements for preventing inadvertent reading or writing; Status cells; Test cells
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class G11, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- MICRON TECHNOLOGY US 10,574
- SK HYNIX KR 9,138
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 9,004
- TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY TW 3,739
- IBM (INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION) US 3,443
- INTEL CORPORATION US 2,952
- SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES US 2,905
- WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES US 2,630
- TOSHIBA CORPORATION JP 2,593
- SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY US 2,472