Patent ID: 11900995
Assignee: ARM LIMITED
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 8:
9. A device comprising:
a wordline driver that accesses a bitcell with a wordline and a bitline;
an input-output circuit that performs a precharge operation on the bitline with use of a bitline precharge signal to precharge the bitline after a read cycle and before a write cycle; and
a wordline modulator that extends precharge time of the precharge operation between the read cycle and the write cycle by modulating a wordline signal on the wordline with early cut-off of the wordline signal on the wordline during the read cycle,
wherein the wordline modulator modulates the wordline signal based on an early reset signal having a falling edge at a beginning of the early reset signal that directly triggers a falling edge of the wordline signal during the read cycle, and
wherein the falling edge of the wordline signal triggers a falling edge of the bitline precharge signal.