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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2013
Applicants:
Andrew C. Russell, Austin, TX (US);
Ravindraraj Ramaraju, Round Rock, TX (US);
Inventors:
Andrew C. Russell, Austin, TX (US);
Ravindraraj Ramaraju, Round Rock, TX (US);
Assignee:
Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 12/08 (2006.01); G11C 11/412 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0864 (2013.01); G06F 12/0893 (2013.01); G11C 11/4125 (2013.01); G06F 2212/1032 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for minimizing soft error rates within caches by configuring a cache with a certain way which is more resistant to soft errors and then using this way to store modified data. In certain embodiments, the memory is made more soft error resistant by increasing a voltage across bitcells of the cache.