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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2015
Oracle International Corporation, Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Pangjie Xu, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Hoyeol Cho, Redwood City, CA (US);
Ioannis Orginos, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with using a local voltage regulator embedded within a memory sub-array are described. In one embodiment, a memory device includes a memory sub-array including a set of memory cells and a local voltage regulator. The local voltage regulator is configured to generate a local voltage for powering the memory sub-array. The memory device includes switch logic connected to the memory sub-array and configured to select between the local voltage and a source voltage to power the memory sub-array. The source voltage is provided to the memory device by a host device.