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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2017
National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, Llc, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Erik DeBenedictis, Albuquerque, NM (US);
National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Abstract
An apparatus including a memory array comprising a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns. A switch electrically connects to a particular row of the plurality of rows of the memory array per cycle. An energy storage unit is electrically connected to the memory array through the switch, wherein the energy storage unit is electrically connected in a series with an effective capacitance between ground and the particular row of the plurality of rows of the memory array to which the switch is connected to recycle energy from the memory array.