Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Level shifting dynamic write driver
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Application No.: US15939078Application Date: 2018-03-28
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Publication No.: US10535400B2Publication Date: 2020-01-14
- Inventor: William R. Weier , Steven Frederick Schicht
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Meyertons Hood Kivlin Kowert and Goetzel PC
- Agent Rory D. Rankin
- Main IPC: G11C11/00
- IPC: G11C11/00 ; G11C11/419 ; G11C7/22

Abstract:
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for efficiently driving level shifted write data are described. In various embodiments, a level-shifting write driver combines a write data bit and a write mask bit that each use a first supply voltage to indicate a logic high level. During a write operation, the driver generates complementary values on two output nodes based on the write data bit. The output nodes use a second supply voltage greater than the first supply voltage. Before a write operation, the driver precharges each of the two output nodes to the second supply voltage. When the write clock enables a write operation and the write mask bit disables the write operation, the level-shifting write driver puts the two output nodes in a tri-state.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190080748A1 LEVEL SHIFTING DYNAMIC WRITE DRIVER Public/Granted day:2019-03-14
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