Invention Grant
- Patent Title: SRAM memory cell protected against current or voltage spikes
- Patent Title (中): SRAM存储单元保护电流或电压尖峰
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Application No.: US12421821Application Date: 2009-04-10
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Publication No.: US07872894B2Publication Date: 2011-01-18
- Inventor: Philippe Roche , Francois Jacquet
- Applicant: Philippe Roche , Francois Jacquet
- Applicant Address: FR Montrouge
- Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.A.
- Current Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.A.
- Current Assignee Address: FR Montrouge
- Agency: Bardere Wynne Sewell LLP
- Priority: FR0409781 20040915
- Main IPC: G11C5/06
- IPC: G11C5/06

Abstract:
A memory cell is protected against current or voltage spikes. The cell includes a group of redundant data storage nodes for the storage of information in at least one pair of complementary nodes. The cell further includes circuitry for restoring information to its initial state following a current or voltage spike which modifies the information in one of the nodes of the pair using the information stored in the other node. The data storage nodes of each pair in the cell are implanted on opposite sides of an opposite conductivity type well from one another within a region of a substrate defining the boundaries of the memory cell.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090196085A1 SRAM MEMORY CELL PROTECTED AGAINST CURRENT OR VOLTAGE SPIKES Public/Granted day:2009-08-06
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