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Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015

Filed:

Jul. 29, 2013
Applicant:

Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Changho Jung, San Diego, CA (US);

Rakesh Vattikonda, San Diego, CA (US);

Nishith Desai, San Diego, CA (US);

Sei Seung Yoon, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/00 (2006.01); G11C 11/419 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/419 (2013.01);
Abstract

A multiport bitcell including a pair of cross-coupled inverters is provided with increased write speed and enhanced operating voltage range by the selective isolation of a first one of the cross-coupled inverters from a power supply and ground during a write operation. The write operation occurs through a write port that includes a transmission gate configured to couple a first node driven by the first cross-coupled inverter to a write bit line. A remaining second cross-coupled inverter in the bitcell is configured to drive a second node that couples to a plurality of read ports.


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