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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 1997
Filed:
Nov. 27, 1995
Andrea Baroni, Viadana, IT;
Giovanni Mastrodomenico, Campobasso, IT;
Michele Taliercio, Arluno, IT;
Piero Capocelli, Milan, IT;
Luigi Carro, Porto Alegre, BR;
Rajamohan Varambally, Karnataka, IN;
SGS-Thomson Microelectronics S.r.l., Agrate Brianza, IT;
Abstract
A single-port RAM generator architecture, for the generation of different RAM structures in a CAD environment, and to test the operation capabilities of the different RAM structure, The architecture includes a Static RAM matrix and a self timed architecture, which includes a control logic, both a dummy row and a dummy column having respectively equivalent load of a word line and of bit column of said matrix. The dummy column is discharged at a faster rate than the corresponding bit column optimizing the timing and reducing power consumption. Different column multiplexer selections provide different RAMs for a selected RAM size, each having slightly different silicon area and timing performance.