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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2012
Applicant:
Oracle International Corporation, Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Inventors:
Hoyeol Cho, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ioannis Orginos, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, Redwood Shores, 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
Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with bit line equalization are described. Systems and methods described herein provide secondary bit line equalization for embedded memory systems to reduce equalization time and improve memory performance. The reduction in equalization time is accomplished by adding a secondary equalizer in addition to a standard primary equalizer for a column of memory cells.