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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2008
Juergen Pille, Stuttgart, DE;
Otto Wagner, Altdorf, DE;
Sebastian Ehrenreich, Schoenau, DE;
Rolf Sautter, Bondorf, DE;
Juergen Pille, Stuttgart, DE;
Otto Wagner, Altdorf, DE;
Sebastian Ehrenreich, Schoenau, DE;
Rolf Sautter, Bondorf, DE;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method to read and write at least one static memory cell is provided, said cell comprising a cross-coupled inverter pair and two pass-devices wherein said method is characterized in that during read only one of the two pass-devices is selected, while for write both pass-devices are selected. Furthermore, a circuit to read and write at least one static memory cell is described, said cell comprising a cross-coupled inverter pair and two pass-devices. Said circuit is characterized in that for each pass-device of the cell an individual wordline is connected with a gate of the particular pass-device, wherein both wordlines are selected for write and a single wordline is selected for read.