发明公开
EP2976770A1 PRE-CHARGING BITLINES IN A STATIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY (SRAM) PRIOR TO DATA ACCESS FOR REDUCING LEAKAGE POWER, AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS
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在数据访问之前静态随机存取存储器(SRAM)中的预充电二线以降低泄漏功率,以及相关的系统和方法
- 专利标题: PRE-CHARGING BITLINES IN A STATIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY (SRAM) PRIOR TO DATA ACCESS FOR REDUCING LEAKAGE POWER, AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS
- 专利标题(中): 在数据访问之前静态随机存取存储器(SRAM)中的预充电二线以降低泄漏功率,以及相关的系统和方法
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申请号: EP14727682.8申请日: 2014-05-02
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公开(公告)号: EP2976770A1公开(公告)日: 2016-01-27
- 发明人: CHAI, Chiaming , GE, Shaoping , LILES, Stephen, Edward , GARG, Kunal
- 申请人: Qualcomm Incorporated
- 申请人地址: 5775 Morehouse Drive San Diego, CA 92121 US
- 专利权人: Qualcomm Incorporated
- 当前专利权人: Qualcomm Incorporated
- 当前专利权人地址: 5775 Morehouse Drive San Diego, CA 92121 US
- 代理机构: Skrba, Sinéad
- 优先权: US201361819744P 20130506; US201314049312 20131009
- 国际公布: WO2014182554 20141113
- 主分类号: G11C11/412
- IPC分类号: G11C11/412 ; G11C11/413 ; G11C7/12 ; G11C7/10
摘要:
Embodiments disclosed herein include methods and apparatuses for pre-charging bitlines in a static random access memory (SRAM) prior to data access for reducing leakage power. The memory access logic circuit receives a memory access request comprising a data entry address to be accessed in a first data access path of a SRAM data array of the SRAM. The SRAM also includes a pre-charge circuit provided in a second data access path outside the first data access path. The pre-charge circuit is configured to enable pre-charging of the SRAM data array as part of the memory access request to avoid pre-charging bitlines in the SRAM data array during idle periods to reduce leakage power. The pre-charge circuit can enable pre-charging of the SRAM data array prior to data access such that the pre-charge circuit does not add latency to the first data access path.
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