US 12,322,471 B2
Contention-free dual-voltage logic cell
Lalit Gupta, Fremont, CA (US); Jason Golbus, Palo Alto, CA (US); and Jesse San-Jey Wang, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Assigned to NVIDIA Corp., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by NVIDIA Corp., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed on May 25, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/323,997.
Prior Publication US 2024/0395293 A1, Nov. 28, 2024
Int. Cl. G11C 11/41 (2006.01); G11C 7/10 (2006.01); G11C 7/18 (2006.01)
CPC G11C 7/1069 (2013.01) [G11C 7/1063 (2013.01); G11C 7/1066 (2013.01); G11C 7/18 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A circuit comprising:
a plurality of memory banks;
a global bitline distributed to memory cells in each of the memory banks, the memory cells configured to utilize supply voltages from both of a write domain supply and a read domain supply;
the memory cells configured to output a stored value to the global bitline in response to a global read evaluation signal;
logic to maintain the global read evaluation signal in a timing window by adaptive adjustment of a delay for activating a keeper signal for the global read evaluation signal, the adaptive adjustment based on variations to at least one of the supply voltages;
a clock line configured to activate the keeper signal; and
the clock line comprising at least one delay element configured to have a propagation delay that tracks the variations.