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Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2015

Filed:

Mar. 15, 2013
Applicant:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Pramod Kolar, Hillsboro, OR (US);

Gunjan H. Pandya, Portland, OR (US);

Uddalak Bhattacharya, Beaverton, OR (US);

Zheng Guo, Hillsboro, OR (US);

Assignee:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/40 (2006.01); G11C 11/412 (2006.01); G11C 8/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/412 (2013.01); G11C 8/16 (2013.01);
Abstract

In one embodiment, a memory cell circuit for storing data includes a pair of cross-coupled inverters for storing states of the memory cell circuit. Access devices provide access to the pair of cross-coupled inverters. The memory cell circuit also includes a set of electrically inactive p-type metal oxide semiconductor (PMOS) devices that are coupled to the pair of cross-coupled inverters. The set of electrically inactive PMOS devices in combination with a portion (e.g., PMOS devices) of the pair of cross-coupled inverters enables a continuous p-type diffusion layer for the memory cell circuit.


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