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Device with SRAM memory cells including means for polarizing wells of memory cell transistors

US9542996B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 10, 2015
Grant dateJan 10, 2017
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Expiry dateSep 10, 2035

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10D86/201
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A memory device includes a matrix of several columns of SRAM memory cells each including transistors forming a memory point, a read port and a write port, and such that the transistors of the read port and/or the P-type transistors include a second well with a conductivity type opposite that of a first well of the other transistors. The memory device also includes a polarization unit for the second wells, able to select and apply polarization potentials on the second wells, including a memory circuit of the polarization states of the second wells for each column or group of columns and a selection circuit applying a polarization potential on the second wells according to one of the values received as input, as a function of the stored polarization state associated with the column or group of columns.

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