Patents Examined by Samir Rizk
  • Integrated circuit device and method for reading data from an SRAM memory
    Patent number: 10437666
    Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment of the invention, an IC device is disclosed. In the embodiment, the IC device includes an array of bit cells of static random-access memory (SRAM), a multi-level digitization module configured to generate a value in a range of values from a bit cell in the array of bit cells, the range of values including more than two discrete values, an output buffer configured to store the generated values, and an error correction code (ECC) decoder configured to output error corrected values based on the stored values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Nur Engin, Ajay Kapoor