Method and apparatus for determining feasibility of memory operating condition change using different back bias voltages
A memory device having at least one output predicting a feasibility of whether the memory device will work properly at a different operating condition including a different supply voltage and/or a different operating frequency than the current supply voltage and/or the current operating frequency. A...
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Zusammenfassung: | A memory device having at least one output predicting a feasibility of whether the memory device will work properly at a different operating condition including a different supply voltage and/or a different operating frequency than the current supply voltage and/or the current operating frequency. A semiconductor device (e.g. a SoC chip) provides a test to either validate or invalidate the feasibility for the memory device to enter such a different operating condition based on read and write operations of the memory device in normal access cycles. The memory device is partitioned with at least a first memory unit and a second memory unit, which can be coupled to different back-bias voltages. This operating condition predicting function can be enabled or disabled by the semiconductor device in real time operation depending on the feasibility test results. |
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