Patent 7466578 was granted and assigned to Texas Instruments on December, 2008 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
One embodiment of the present invention relates to a read only memory (ROM) that includes a memory cell pair. The memory cell pair includes a first memory cell and a second memory cell that share a common drain that is associated with the memory cell pair. The memory cell also includes a bitline configured to provide data from the first and second memory cells, wherein the bitline is electrically isolated from the common drain. Other methods and systems are also disclosed.