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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2008
John E. Barth, Jr., Williston, VT (US);
Harold Pilo, Underhill, VT (US);
Vinod Ramadurai, South Burlington, VT (US);
John E. Barth, Jr., Williston, VT (US);
Harold Pilo, Underhill, VT (US);
Vinod Ramadurai, South Burlington, VT (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for reducing leakage current in a memory array comprising: coupling a first distributed header device to the memory array, the first distributed header device is configured for limiting leakage current through the memory array; and coupling a header driver operatively to the first distributed header device for enabling tri-state operation of the first distributed header device, wherein tri-state operation includes sleep mode, wake mode, and retention mode.