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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2004
Robert C. Aitken, San Jose, CA (US);
Dhrumil Gandhi, Cupertino, CA (US);
Robert C. Aitken, San Jose, CA (US);
Dhrumil Gandhi, Cupertino, CA (US);
ARM Physical IP, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
In an environment wherein a microprocessor can operate at several different voltage levels depending upon the instantaneous throughput of the microprocessor, a memory and memory adjustment circuit that permits operating the memory at a plurality of voltages in response to the microprocessor is disclosed. The memory and memory adjustment circuit sense the instantaneous operating voltage of the microprocessor and adjust the operating voltage of the memory in response thereto. The memory adjustment circuit more particularly increases or decreases the memory's bitline sense interval in response respectively to a decrease or increase in the memory's operating voltage.