Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Low leakage ROM architecture
- Patent Title (中): 低泄漏ROM架构
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Application No.: US12891806Application Date: 2010-09-28
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Publication No.: US08031542B2Publication Date: 2011-10-04
- Inventor: Vineet Kumar Sachan , Deepak Sabharwal , Amit Khanuja
- Applicant: Vineet Kumar Sachan , Deepak Sabharwal , Amit Khanuja
- Applicant Address: US CA Mountain View
- Assignee: Synopsys, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Synopsys, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Mountain View
- Agency: Evergreen Valley Law Group, P.C.
- Agent Kanika Radhakrishnan
- Main IPC: G11C7/00
- IPC: G11C7/00

Abstract:
A Read only memory (ROM) with minimum leakage includes a ROM array including a first transistor, wherein a drain, a source, a gate, and a bulk of the first transistor is electrically connected to a logic zero in the idle state for ensuring zero junction and sub-threshold leakage current. The drain of the first transistor is electrically connected to a main bit line through a second transistor. The second transistor includes a gate, electrically connected to a first decoding circuit, a drain, electrically connected to the main bit line. A first reference bit line is electrically connected to a drain of a third transistor, wherein gate of the third transistor is electrically connected to a second decoding circuit for generating a stop read signal. A second reference bit line, electrically connected to the first decoding circuit through a first sensing unit for generating a stop pre-charge signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110013444A1 LOW LEAKAGE ROM ARCHITECURE Public/Granted day:2011-01-20
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