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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2010
Applicants:
Krishnakumar Mani, San Jose, CA (US);
Anil Gupta, Saratoga, CA (US);
Inventors:
Krishnakumar Mani, San Jose, CA (US);
Anil Gupta, Saratoga, CA (US);
Assignee:
Magsil Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A current driving mechanism for a magnetic memory device, comprising: a) a current driver circuit; and b) a current decoding block coupled to the current driver circuit, wherein the current decoding block comprises a transistor (M) to control driver currents from the current driver circuit, and wherein the transistor (M) has a smaller form factor then otherwise possible by virtue of maintaining a gate thereof at a negative voltage.