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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2004
Muhammad M. Khellah, Lake Oswego, OR (US);
Dinesh Somasekhar, HIllsboro, OR (US);
Yibin YE, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Ali R. Farhang, Beaverton, OR (US);
Gunjan H. Pandya, Beaverton, OR (US);
Vivek K. DE, Beaverton, OR (US);
Muhammad M. Khellah, Lake Oswego, OR (US);
Dinesh Somasekhar, HIllsboro, OR (US);
Yibin Ye, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Ali R. Farhang, Beaverton, OR (US);
Gunjan H. Pandya, Beaverton, OR (US);
Vivek K. De, Beaverton, OR (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A SRAM memory cell comprising cross-coupled inverters, each cross-coupled inverter comprising a pull-up transistor, where the pull-up transistors are forward body biased during read operations. Forward body biasing improves the read stability of the memory cell. Other embodiments are described and claimed.