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Static random-access memory (SRAM) apparatus and method for reducing wire delay

US12293806B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 31, 2022
Grant dateMay 6, 2025
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Expiry dateMar 31, 2043

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11C8/14
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Various example embodiments of the inventive concepts include a SRAM apparatus including a left memory array and right memory array, each of the left memory array and the right memory array including a left memory array and a right memory array, each comprising a plurality of columns, the plurality of columns in each of the left memory array and the right memory array divided into a plurality of segments, and each of the segments comprising a plurality of memory bit cells, and central driver circuitry comprising a plurality of driver devices, each of the plurality of driver devices communicatively connected to a corresponding segment of the plurality of segments through a corresponding metal control line of a plurality of metal control lines, the central driver circuitry configured to route at least one array signal to at least one segment of the plurality of segments.

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