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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2016
Arm Limited, Cambridge, GB;
Vivek Nautiyal, Milpitas, CA (US);
Fakhruddin Ali Bohra, Austin, TX (US);
Satinderjit Singh, Fremont, CA (US);
Shri Sagar Dwivedi, San Jose, CA (US);
Abhishek B. Akkur, San Jose, CA (US);
ARM Limited, Cambridge, GB;
Abstract
Various implementations described herein are directed to an integrated circuit. The integrated circuit may include precharge circuitry for precharging bitlines to a source voltage level. The integrated circuit may include write assist circuitry having a charge storage element for providing a write assist signal to at least one of the bitlines. The integrated circuit may include read assist circuitry having a switching element for providing charge sharing between the bitlines, the precharge circuitry, and the charge storage element of the write assist circuitry.