Patent ID: 9607695
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: G11C

Claim:
1. An apparatus, comprising: a volatile storage element, the volatile storage element comprising a data true (DT) node and a data complement (DC) node; and a non-volatile storage circuit, the non-volatile storage circuit comprising at least one first pass transistor connected to the DT node of the volatile storage element and at least one second pass transistor connected to the DC node of the volatile storage element, the non-volatile storage circuit further comprising a plurality of non-volatile storage elements, each non-volatile storage element of the plurality of non-volatile storage elements configured to be selectively connectable to the DT node of the volatile storage element via the at least one first pass transistor and selectively connectable to the DC node of the volatile storage element via the at least one second pass transistor, the non-volatile storage circuit further comprising a bridge transistor connected to two non-volatile storage elements, of the plurality of non-volatile storage elements, the bridge transistor configured to selectively connect one of the two non-volatile storage elements to the DT node of the volatile storage element via the at least one first pass transistor and the DC node of the volatile storage element via at least one second pass transistor.