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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2015
Synopsys, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
M. Sultan M. Siddiqui, Uttar Pradesh, IN;
Shailendra Sharad, Uttar Pradesh, IN;
Hemant Vats, New Delhi, IN;
Amit Khanuja, New Delhi, IN;
Synopsys, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
An integrated circuit for storing data comprises a memory cell array comprising a plurality of bit cells (BC, . . . , BCn) comprising a first and a second one of the bit cells (BC, BC) having a static random access memory architecture. The first and the second bit cells (BC, BC) are coupled to a common wordline (WL_TOP) and are arranged in different columns (C, C) of the memory cell array (). During a write access to the first bit cell (BC), the first bit cell (BC) undergoes a write operation, whereas the second bit cell (BC) is a half-selected bit cell which undergoes a pseudo read operation. The integrated circuit uses a two-phase write scheme to improve the write-ability in low operating voltage environment.