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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2012
Applicants:
Perry H. Pelley, Austin, TX (US);
James D. Burnett, Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Perry H. Pelley, Austin, TX (US);
James D. Burnett, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/413 (2006.01); G11C 8/08 (2006.01); G11C 11/418 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 8/08 (2013.01); G11C 11/418 (2013.01);
Abstract
A memory device comprising a plurality of static random access memory (SRAM) bit cells, and a word line driver coupled to provide a word line signal to the bit cells. The word line driver receives a global word line signal that remains active while the word line signal is asserted and subsequently de-asserted, and the word line signal is coupled between a positive supply voltage (VDD) and a supply voltage below ground (VN).