Patents by Inventor Raviprakash S. Rao

Raviprakash S. Rao has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Automatic latch-up prevention in SRAM
    Patent number: 9496024
    Abstract: A system on a chip (SOC) includes a processor and a memory system coupled to the processor. The memory system includes a static random access memory (SRAM) bank and a memory controller. The SRAM bank includes a first switch coupled to a SRAM array power supply and a source of a transistor of an SRAM storage cell in an SRAM array. The SRAM bank also includes a second switch coupled to a NWELL power supply and a bulk of the transistor of the SRAM storage cell. The second switch is configured to close prior to the first switch closing during power up of the SRAM array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Srinivasa Raghavan Sridhara, Sanjeev Kumar Suman, Premkumar Seetharaman, Keshav Bhaktavatson Chintamani, Atul Ramakant Lele, Raviprakash S. Rao, Parvinder Kumar Rana, Ajith Subramonia, Vipul K. Singhal, Malav Shrikant Shah, Bharath Kumar Poluri