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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2007
Applicants:
George Maria Braceras, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Harold Pilo, Underhill, VT (US);
Fred John Towler, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Inventors:
George Maria Braceras, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Harold Pilo, Underhill, VT (US);
Fred John Towler, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/06 (2006.01); G11C 8/00 (2006.01); H01L 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A design structure comprising an apparatus which reduces the power in memory devices in general and, in particular, static random access memory (SRAM) arrays featuring sense amplifier assist (SAA) circuitry. The design structure limits the implementation of the SAA circuitry to SRAM array blocks that do not meet the application voltage requirements.