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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2011
Applicants:
Ravindraraj Ramaraju, Round Rock, TX (US);
Shayan Zhang, Austin, TX (US);
Kenneth R. Burch, Austin, TX (US);
Charles E. Seaberg, Austin, TX (US);
Andrew C. Russell, Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Ravindraraj Ramaraju, Round Rock, TX (US);
Shayan Zhang, Austin, TX (US);
Kenneth R. Burch, Austin, TX (US);
Charles E. Seaberg, Austin, TX (US);
Andrew C. Russell, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/412 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A voltage regulator for a memory that regulates a voltage provided to the memory cells based on a measured leakage current from a second set of memory cells. In one embodiment, based on the measured leakage current, the voltage to the cells is raised or lowered to control the amount of leakage current from the cells.