Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Low voltage memory device and method thereof
- Patent Title (中): 低电压存储器件及其方法
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Application No.: US11435942Application Date: 2006-05-17
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Publication No.: US07675806B2Publication Date: 2010-03-09
- Inventor: Bradford Hunter , David Burnett , Troy Cooper , Prashant Kenkare , Ravindraj Ramaraju , Andrew Russell , Shayan Zhang , Michael Snyder
- Applicant: Bradford Hunter , David Burnett , Troy Cooper , Prashant Kenkare , Ravindraj Ramaraju , Andrew Russell , Shayan Zhang , Michael Snyder
- Applicant Address: US TX Austin
- Assignee: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Austin
- Main IPC: G11C5/14
- IPC: G11C5/14

Abstract:
A device is disclosed having a low-voltage memory device. The device includes a first memory having a first memory topology and a second memory having a second memory topology, with both memories located in an integrated circuit. The first memory is a relatively high-density memory device, capable of storing large amounts of data relative to the second memory. The second memory is a low-voltage memory device capable of being accessed at low-voltages relative to the voltage at which the first memory can be accessed. Accordingly, the second memory is accessible when the integrated circuit is placed in a low-voltage mode of operation, which may represent a data retention state (sleep state) for the first memory or other portions of the integrated circuit. Thus, the device is able to store large amounts of data in the high density memory in a normal or active mode of operation, and also have access to the low-voltage memory during the low-voltage mode of operation.
Public/Granted literature
- US20070280026A1 Low voltage memory device and method thereof Public/Granted day:2007-12-06
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