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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2007
Anthony Correale, Jr., Raleigh, NC (US);
Matthew W. Baker, Holly Springs, NC (US);
Benjamin J. Bowers, Cary, NC (US);
Michael B. Mitchell, Fuquay-Varina, NC (US);
Nishith Rohatgi, Raleigh, NC (US);
Anthony Correale, Jr., Raleigh, NC (US);
Matthew W. Baker, Holly Springs, NC (US);
Benjamin J. Bowers, Cary, NC (US);
Michael B. Mitchell, Fuquay-Varina, NC (US);
Nishith Rohatgi, Raleigh, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A system for blocking multiple memory read port activation including a first memory read port word line driver that includes a first polarity hold latch with an output connected to an input of a first buffer, and a second memory read port word line driver that includes a second polarity hold latch with an output connected to an input of a blocking switch and a second buffer with an input connected to an output of the blocking switch, wherein a second input of the blocking switch is also connected to the output of the first polarity hold latch and the blocking switch is configured to allow or block a signal transmission between the input and the output of the blocking switch dependent on a signal assertion of the second input to the blocking switch.