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Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2014

Filed:

Feb. 22, 2011
Applicants:

Setti Shanmukheswara Rao, Bangalore, IN;

Vinod Rachamadugu, Kurnool, IN;

Inventors:

Setti Shanmukheswara Rao, Bangalore, IN;

Vinod Rachamadugu, Kurnool, IN;

Assignee:

LSI Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);

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

A memory device includes a memory array comprising a plurality of memory cells. At least a given one of the memory cells comprises a pair of cross-coupled inverters and associated write assist circuitry. The write assist circuitry comprises first switching circuitry coupled between a supply node of a device of the first inverter and a supply node of the memory cell, and second switching circuitry coupled between a supply node of a device of the second inverter and the supply node of the memory cell. The first and second switching circuitry are separately controlled, with the first switching circuitry being controlled using a wordline and an uncomplemented bitline of the memory device, and the second switching circuitry being controlled using the wordline and a complemented bitline of the memory device.


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Rao, Setti. (2014). Memory device having memory cells with write assist functionality (U.S. Patent No. 8625333). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8625333

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