Static memory cell having independent data holding voltage

Details Static memory cell having independent data holding voltage Static memory cell having independent data holding voltage

2011-07-12

2011-07-12

Tran, Andrew Q (Department: 2824)

Static information storage and retrieval

Powering

Conservation of power

C365S229000, C365S228000, C365S226000, C365S156000, C365S154000

Reexamination Certificate

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07978560

ABSTRACT:
A static memory cell, composed of cross-coupled MOS transistors having a relatively high threshold voltage, is equipped with MOS transistors for controlling the power supply line voltage of the memory cell. To permit the voltage difference between two data storage nodes in the inactivated memory cell to exceed the voltage difference between the two nodes when write data is applied from a data line pair DL and /DL to the two nodes in the activated memory cell, the power supply line voltage control transistors are turned on to apply a high voltage VCH to the power supply lines after the word line voltage is turned off. The data holding voltage in the memory cell can be activated to a high voltage independent of the data line voltage, and the data holding voltage can be dynamically set so that read and write operations can be performed at high speed with low power consumption.

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