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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2015
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
George M. Braceras, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Venkatraghavan Bringivijayaraghavan, Tamilnadu, IN;
Krishnan S. Rengarajan, Bangalore, IN;
Rahul Nayak, Bhopal, IN;
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/00 (2006.01); G11C 11/419 (2006.01); G11C 8/08 (2006.01); G11C 8/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/419 (2013.01); G11C 8/08 (2013.01); G11C 8/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
Approaches for providing write-assist boost for a Static Random Access Memory (SRAM) array are provided. A circuit includes a write driver of a Static Random Access Memory (SRAM) array. The circuit also includes a boost circuit that dynamically varies a write-assist boost voltage based on a stability assist setting applied to a wordline of the array.