Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Negative bitline write assist circuit and method for operating the same
- Patent Title (中): 负位线写辅助电路及其操作方法
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Application No.: US13997591Application Date: 2012-03-15
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Publication No.: US09378788B2Publication Date: 2016-06-28
- Inventor: Pramod Kolar , John Riley , Gunjan Pandya
- Applicant: Pramod Kolar , John Riley , Gunjan Pandya
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C.
- International Application: PCT/US2012/029286 WO 20120315
- International Announcement: WO2013/137888 WO 20130919
- Main IPC: G11C7/12
- IPC: G11C7/12 ; G11C7/10

Abstract:
A negative bitline write assist circuit includes a bias capacitor configured to facilitate driving the capacitance of a bitline. The negative bitline write assist circuit may be modularly replicated within a circuit to change the amount of negative voltage on the bitline during write operations. The bitline write assist circuit may be coupled directly to the bitline, removing the need to add a pull-down transistor to the write driver.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140169106A1 NEGATIVE BITLINE WRITE ASSIST CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2014-06-19
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