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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2008
Bikas Maiti, Austin, TX (US);
Lawrence N. Herr, Coupland, TX (US);
Rajesh R. Kini, Austin, TX (US);
Tam M. Tran, Austin, TX (US);
Bikas Maiti, Austin, TX (US);
Lawrence N. Herr, Coupland, TX (US);
Rajesh R. Kini, Austin, TX (US);
Tam M. Tran, Austin, TX (US);
Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
An integrated circuit comprises a plurality of memory cells and an array supply voltage control circuit. The plurality of memory cells are organized in rows and columns. A row comprises a word line and all of the memory cells coupled to the word line. A column comprises a bit line pair and all of the memory cells coupled to the bit line pair. The array supply voltage control circuit is coupled to the plurality of memory cells. The array supply voltage control circuit is for receiving a power supply voltage and for providing a reduced power supply voltage to memory cells of a selected column during a write operation in response to a voltage differential on the bit line pair of the selected column.