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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2013

Filed:

May. 05, 2011
Applicants:

Derick G. Behrends, Rochester, MN (US);

Todd A. Christensen, Rochester, MN (US);

Travis R. Hebig, Rochester, MN (US);

Michael Launsbach, Rochester, MN (US);

Daniel M. Nelson, Rochester, MN (US);

Inventors:

Derick G. Behrends, Rochester, MN (US);

Todd A. Christensen, Rochester, MN (US);

Travis R. Hebig, Rochester, MN (US);

Michael Launsbach, Rochester, MN (US);

Daniel M. Nelson, Rochester, MN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/00 (2006.01); G11C 5/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A semiconductor chip has an SRAM (static random access memory). The SRAM includes a data dependent write assist circuit which, on writes, reduces a supply voltage on one of a cross coupled inverter pair in an SRAM cell, thereby making it easier to overcome the one of the cross coupled inverters.


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