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Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2020

Filed:

Jul. 10, 2018
Applicant:

Globalfoundries Inc., Grand Cayman, KY;

Inventors:

Igor Arsovski, Williston, VT (US);

Akhilesh Patil, South Burlington, VT (US);

Eric D. Hunt-Schroeder, Essex Junction, VT (US);

Assignee:

GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC., Grand Cayman, KY;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/12 (2006.01); G11C 11/419 (2006.01); G11C 11/4074 (2006.01); G11C 11/4076 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/419 (2013.01); G11C 7/12 (2013.01); G11C 11/4074 (2013.01); G11C 11/4076 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a structure including a sequential mode read controller which is configured to receive a sequential read enable burst signal and a starting word line address, identify consecutive read operations from an array of storage cells accessed via a plurality of word lines, precharge a plurality of bit lines of the storage cells no more than once during the consecutive read operations, and hold a word line of the word lines active throughout the consecutive read operations. The sequential read enable burst signal and a starting word line address are decoded to select a row address and activate the corresponding word line from a plurality of word lines in the array.


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