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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gajendra Singh, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Aparna Ramachandran, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Miao Rao, San Jose, CA (US);
Shree Kant, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/00 ;
Abstract
A register file design having an asymmetric bit line driver is provided. More specifically, the register file design uses a memory element that has a footer device that facilitates the discharge/charging of a bit line through a pass device, where a width of the footer device is greater than a width of the pass device. Further, a method for performing low power memory operations using asymmetric bit line drivers is provided.