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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2020
Stmicroelectronics S.r.l., Agrate Brianza, IT;
Stmicroelectronics International N.v., Geneva, CH;
Marco Pasotti, Travaco' Siccomario, IT;
Dario Livornesi, Paderno Dugnano, IT;
Roberto Bregoli, Offlaga, IT;
Vikas Rana, Noida, IN;
Abhishek Mittal, Ghaziabad, IN;
STMicroelectronics S.r.l., Agrate Brianza, IT;
STMicroelectronics International N.V., Geneva, CH;
Abstract
An integrated circuit includes a memory array and a read voltage regulator that generates read voltages from the memory array. The read voltage regulator includes a replica memory cell and the replica bitline current path. The replica memory cell is a replica of memory cells of the memory array. The replica bitline current path is a replica of current paths associated with deadlines of the memory array. The read voltage regulator generates a read voltage based on the current passed through the replica bitline current path. This read voltage is then supplied to the wordlines of the memory array during a read operation.