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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017

Filed:

Oct. 13, 2015
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Alan J. Drake, Round Rock, TX (US);

Rajiv V. Joshi, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/413 (2006.01); G11C 29/12 (2006.01); G11C 11/419 (2006.01); G11C 11/418 (2006.01); G11C 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 29/12 (2013.01); G11C 11/418 (2013.01); G11C 11/419 (2013.01); G11C 29/76 (2013.01);
Abstract

An system and method are configured to degrade a memory cell PFET voltage based on a sensor reading of a current operating point. This will enable additional control over the SRAM device, particularly during a write operation. In one embodiment, a system of SRAM memory devices is configured as a smart sensor with real-time corrective circuit action. The system and method samples write and read timing operations and is adaptable by performing real-time corrective action. The degrading of PFET voltage to reduce it strength and improve write characteristics include an implementation that includes a charge pump controllable for altering by decreasing a voltage applied to the PFET of a selected memory cell. In a further embodiment, an edge detector is built into the circuit that real-time assesses the strength of the memory write operation. In a further implementation, control logic functions as a Finite State Machine.


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