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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 1982
Filed:
Jul. 11, 1980
Klaus Heuber, Beoblingen, DE;
Siegfried K Wiedmann, Stuttgart, DE;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a restore circuit for restoring an integrated semiconductor storage array having storage cells consisting of bipolar transistors. The restore circuit includes a reference voltage generator, an impedance converter, and switches to connect the reference voltage generator and the impedance converter to the storage array. The reference voltage generating circuit includes a current source and at least one reference storage cell identical in construction to the storage cells of the array. The reference voltage generating circuit provides a reference voltage to the impedance converter which supplies a second reference voltage to the array at a greatly reduced impedance. The equivalent circuit of the storage cells is that of a capacitor in parallel with a diode. Thus, the impedance converter provides an initial surge of capacitive current which restores the cells, followed by a standby current which is a function of the diode characteristics of the cell equivalent circuit.