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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2019
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Kotb Jabeur, Essex Junction, VT (US);
John Kenneth DeBrosse, Colchester, VT (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A memory device comprising a memory array of a plurality of memory bit cells; a read reference system comprising four or more reference memory bit cells in a reference column of the memory array; wherein a first bit cell of the reference memory bit cells is always selected; wherein a bitline of the first bit cell of the reference memory bit cells is connected to a bitline of a first subset of the reference memory bit cells, and a select line of the first bit cell of the reference memory bit cells is connected to a reference select signal; wherein a select line of each of the first subset of the reference memory bit cells and a second subset of the reference memory bit cells are coupled together; and wherein a bitline blof the second subset of the reference memory bit cells outputs a read reference signal.