IP Library Granted Patent US 10,510,384
Granted Patent B2
US 10,510,384 · App. 15/814,969 · Granted Dec 17, 2019

Intracycle bitline restore in high performance memory

Inventors: Venkatraghavan Bringivijayaraghavan (Cheyyar, IN); George M. Braceras (Essex Junction, VT)
Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. INC.
G11C7/12G11C11/406G11C11/4074G11C11/419H04L5/22G11C11/56
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Patent No.
US 10,510,384
App. No.
15/814,969
Granted
Dec 17, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a structure which includes at least one bit line restore device which is configured to precharge a bit line to a specified voltage during an intracycle time between a read operation and a write operation and is configured to be turned off during the read operation and the write operation.

Claims (22)

1. A structure comprising at least one bit line restore device which is configured to precharge a bit line to a specified voltage during an intracycle time between a read operation and a write operation and is configured to be turned off during the read operation and the write operation,

wherein the at least one bit line restore device comprises a first transistor and a second transistor,

the first transistor is gated by a read bit switch signal and is between a power supply signal and a drain of the second transistor, and

the second transistor is gated by a write bit switch signal and is between the first transistor and a drain of a third transistor.

2. The structure of claim 1 , wherein the first transistor and the third transistor are NMOS transistors and the second transistor is a PMOS transistor.

3. The structure of claim 1 , wherein the specified voltage is a difference between a voltage value of the power supply signal and a threshold voltage of the first transistor.

4. The structure of claim 1 , further comprising a true and complement write driver which drives the bit line to the specified voltage.

5. The structure of claim 4 , wherein the true and complement write driver drives the bit line to the specified voltage based on a PMOS transistor.

6. The structure of claim 4 , wherein the true and complement write driver pulls another bit line to ground.

7. The structure of claim 6 , wherein the another bit line is a complement signal with respect to the bit line.

8. The structure of claim 1 , wherein the first transistor includes a drain directly connected to the power supply signal and a source directly connected to a source of the second transistor which includes the drain directly connected to the drain of the third transistor which is gated by the write bit switch signal and includes a source directly connected to a digit line complement write signal.

9. The structure of claim 8 , wherein the drain of the third transistor is directly connected to a source of a fourth transistor which is gated by the read bit switch signal and has a drain directly connected to a digit line complement signal.

10. A method, comprising:

turning off a bit line restore device during a read operation;

precharging a bit line to a voltage difference between a voltage value of a power supply signal and a threshold voltage of a transistor in the bit line restore device; and

turning off the bit line restore device during a write operation,

wherein the bit line restore device comprises a first transistor and a second transistor,

the first transistor is gated by a read bit switch signal and is between a power supply signal and a drain of the second transistor, and

the second transistor is gated by a write bit switch signal and is between the first transistor and a drain of a third transistor.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the precharging of the bit line occurs in an intracycle time between the read operation and the write operation using a true and complement write driver.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the first transistor includes a drain directly connected to the power supply signal and a source directly connected to a source of the second transistor which includes the drain directly connected to the drain of the third transistor which is gated by the write bit switch signal and includes a source directly connected to a digit line complement write signal.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the drain of the third transistor is directly connected to a source of a fourth transistor which is gated by the read bit switch signal and has a drain directly connected to a digit line complement signal.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 16, 2020
From: CAVIUM INTERNATIONAL
To: MARVELL ASIA PTE, LTD.
Reel/Frame 053475/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 20, 2020
From: MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD.
To: CAVIUM INTERNATIONAL
Reel/Frame 052918/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 20, 2019
From: GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. INC.
To: MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD.
Reel/Frame 051070/0625 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 21, 2019
From: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
To: GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. INC.
Reel/Frame 050122/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 16, 2017
From: BRINGIVIJAYARAGHAVAN, VENKATRAGHAVAN; BRACERAS, GEORGE M.
To: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
Reel/Frame 044153/0431 →
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