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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2012
Applicant:
Nvidia Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Brian Matthew Zimmer, Berkeley, CA (US);
Mahmut Ersin Sinangil, Medford, MA (US);
Assignee:
NVIDIA Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/00 (2006.01); G11C 7/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and a system are provided for performing write assist. Write assist circuitry is initialized and voltage collapse is initiated to reduce a column supply voltage provided to a storage cell. A bitline of the storage cell is boosted to a boosted voltage level that is below a low supply voltage provided to the storage cell and data encoded by the bitline is written to the storage cell.