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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2017
Arm Limited, Cambridge, GB;
Abhishek B. Akkur, San Jose, CA (US);
Jitendra Dasani, Cupertino, CA (US);
Shri Sagar Dwivedi, San Jose, CA (US);
Vivek Nautiyal, Milpitas, CA (US);
Satinderjit Singh, Fremont, CA (US);
Vasimraja Bhavikatti, San Jose, CA (US);
Arm Limited, Cambridge, GB;
Abstract
A circuit includes a dummy wordline, a dummy bitline, and a dummy cell coupled to the dummy bitline. The dummy cell includes an active pulldown nMOSFET and a pass nMOSFET having a gate connected to the dummy wordline, a first source terminal connected to the drain terminal of the active pulldown nMOSFET, and a drain terminal connected to the dummy bitline. The circuit further includes a substrate-connected dummy bitline coupled to the source terminal of each active pulldown nMOSFET and coupled to a substrate.