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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2016
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Chulmin Jung, San Diego, CA (US);
Fahad Ahmed, San Diego, CA (US);
Sei Seung Yoon, San Diego, CA (US);
Keejong Kim, Phoenix, AZ (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A memory and a method to operate the memory are provided. The memory includes a plurality of memory cells and a wordline driver configured to output a wordline. The memory cells are coupled to the wordline. A control circuit is configured to supply an operating voltage to the memory cells and to the wordline driver. A voltage-adjustment circuit is configured to adjust the operating voltage supplied to the memory cells during the control circuit supplying the operating voltage to the memory cells and to the wordline driver. The method includes supplying an operating voltage to at least one memory cells and to a wordline coupled to the at least one memory cells and adjusting the operating voltage supplied to the at least one memory cells during the supplying the operating voltage to the at least one memory cells and to the wordline.