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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:
Apr. 20, 2021

Filed:

Mar. 01, 2019
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Martin Bernhard Schmidt, Stuttgart, DE;

Harry Barowski, Schoenaich, DE;

Simon Brandl, Stuttgart, DE;

Wolfgang Penth, Holzgerlingen, DE;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/12 (2006.01); G11C 11/413 (2006.01); G11C 7/10 (2006.01); G11C 7/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/12 (2013.01); G11C 7/1063 (2013.01); G11C 7/18 (2013.01); G11C 11/413 (2013.01);
Abstract

A memory cell arrangement for Random Access Memory (RAM) including one or more RAM cell groups. The RAM cell groups having two or more local bit-lines sharing a Global Bit-Line (GBL), a pre-charging circuit connected to the GBL, a multiplexer connected to multiple GBLs and configured to shift an output of a first GBL from a first bit to a second bit at least in part according to a value of a fuse bit register associated with a second GBL, and at least one pre-charge enabling circuit controlled by a combination of a pre-charge input value applied to all GBLs of the memory cell arrangement and a pre-charge enable signal for the GBL.


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