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Low voltage memory device

US10803928B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 17, 2019
Grant dateOct 13, 2020
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Expiry dateMay 17, 2039

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11C8/16
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A twelve-transistor (12T) memory cell for a memory device that includes a transmission gate, a cross-coupled inverter circuit operably connected to the transmission gate, and a tri-state inverter operably connected to the cross-coupled inverter circuit. The cross-coupled inverter includes another tri-state inverter cross-coupled to an inverter circuit. Various operations for the 12T memory cell, as well as circuitry to perform the operations, are disclosed.

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