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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2017
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Esin Terzioglu, San Diego, CA (US);
Sei Seung Yoon, San Diego, CA (US);
Chulmin Jung, San Diego, CA (US);
Bin Liang, San Diego, CA (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may change a device operating voltage from a first voltage to a second voltage while the assist circuit is in a first state. The apparatus may also maintain the device operating voltage at the second voltage for a predetermined time. The apparatus may switch the assist circuit from the first state to a second state. The apparatus may adjust the device operating voltage to a third voltage after the predetermined time, wherein the second voltage is a voltage level between the first voltage and the third voltage. By transitioning the device operating voltage from the first voltage to the third voltage while at the same time preventing the assist circuit from entering particular read assist states, the apparatus may reduce a likelihood of read failures.