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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2023
Applicant:
Synopsys, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Rouwaida Nawaf Kanj, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Jamil Kawa, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
SYNOPSYS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/419 (2006.01); G11C 11/412 (2006.01); H10B 10/00 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/419 (2013.01); G11C 11/412 (2013.01); H10B 10/12 (2023.02);
Abstract
A circuit including: a memory cell connected to a first power supply configured to supply a first power supply voltage; a first bleeder transistor coupled between a first node of the memory cell and ground; and a second circuit coupled to a gate electrode of the first bleeder transistor and configured to supply a bleeder signal to control the first bleeder transistor in response to a drop in the first power supply voltage, wherein the first bleeder transistor is configured to discharge the memory cell in response to receiving the bleeder signal.