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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2019
Applicant:
Marvell International Ltd., Hamilton, BM;
Inventors:
Igor Arsovski, Williston, VT (US);
Akhilesh Patil, South Burlington, VT (US);
Eric D. Hunt-Schroeder, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Assignee:
Marvell Asia Pte, Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/10 (2006.01); G11C 11/419 (2006.01); G11C 11/418 (2006.01); G11C 7/08 (2006.01); G11C 7/22 (2006.01); G11C 7/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/419 (2013.01); G11C 7/08 (2013.01); G11C 7/106 (2013.01); G11C 7/1057 (2013.01); G11C 7/1063 (2013.01); G11C 7/1069 (2013.01); G11C 7/12 (2013.01); G11C 7/222 (2013.01); G11C 11/418 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a structure including a read controller configured to receive a burst enable signal and a word line pulse signal, identify consecutive read operations from storage cells accessed via a word line, precharge bit lines once during consecutive, sequential reads, and hold the word line active through N−of the consecutive read operations, and N is an integer number of the consecutive read operations.