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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2016
Applicant:
Globalfoundries Inc., Grand Cayman, KY;
Inventor:
Motoi Ichihashi, Sunnyvale, CA;
Assignee:
GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC., Grand Cayman, KY;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/00 (2006.01); G11C 11/419 (2006.01); G11C 11/418 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/419 (2013.01); G11C 11/418 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to a static random access memory assist circuit and methods of implementation and manufacture. The structure includes at least one static random access memory (SRAM) cell and a read assist circuit structured to apply a negative voltage to the at least one SRAM cell upon asserting of a wordline of the at least one SRAM cell.