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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2019

Filed:

Dec. 20, 2017
Applicant:

Infineon Technologies Ag, Neubiberg, DE;

Inventors:

Siddharth Gupta, Munich, DE;

Gunther Lehmann, Holzkirchen, DE;

Assignee:

Infineon Technologies AG, Neubiberg, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/419 (2006.01); G11C 11/4091 (2006.01); G11C 11/4074 (2006.01); G11C 7/04 (2006.01); G11C 11/418 (2006.01); G11C 11/413 (2006.01); G11C 8/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/4091 (2013.01); G11C 7/04 (2013.01); G11C 11/4074 (2013.01); G11C 11/413 (2013.01); G11C 11/418 (2013.01); G11C 8/08 (2013.01); G11C 11/419 (2013.01);
Abstract

According to one embodiment, a memory device is described including a memory array including a plurality of memory cells wherein each memory cell is coupled to a control line, a memory assist circuit configured to, when activated, apply a reduction of a voltage of the control line, a signal generator configured to generate a signal representing at least one of a process corner of the memory device, a supply voltage of the memory device, a temperature of the memory device and an aging of the memory device, a signal processing circuit configured to amplify the signal and a controller configured to activate the memory assist circuit based the amplified signal.


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