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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2013
Applicant:
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Peng Jin, San Diego, CA (US);
Mohamed Hassan Abu-Rahma, San Diego, CA (US);
Fahad Ahmed, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/419 (2006.01); G11C 5/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/419 (2013.01); G11C 5/14 (2013.01); G11C 5/147 (2013.01); G11C 5/148 (2013.01);
Abstract
A write-assisted memory includes a pre-charge assist circuit that assists the pre-charge of the power supply voltage on a power supply lead for an accessed memory cell in a bit-line-multiplexed group of memory cells subsequent to a write-assist period by coupling charge from the power supply leads for the remaining non-accessed memory cells in the bit-line-multiplexed group of memory cells.