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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2017
Applicant:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Amarnath Shanmugam, Austin, TX (US);
Anik Basu, Austin, TX (US);
Steve P. Ferrera, Austin, TX (US);
Srinivas Rajamani, Austin, TX (US);
Feroze A. Merchant, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/00 (2006.01); G11C 11/419 (2006.01); G11C 11/412 (2006.01); H03K 19/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/419 (2013.01); G11C 11/412 (2013.01); H03K 19/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
Described is an apparatus which comprises: a pass-gate; a sleep transistor configured as a diode-connected device controllable by the pass-gate; and a word-line driver coupled to the sleep transistor and the pass-gate.