Arrays of bit-cells
AssigneeHewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
InventorsBrent BUCHANAN, Le ZHENG
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Abstract
An example device in accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure includes a plurality of bit-cells coupled as an array. A bit-cell includes a first switch element, a second switch element, and a memory element coupled at a node. The plurality of bit-cells are coupled as the array based on a first bit-cell's memory element being coupled to a second bit-cell's node.
Claims15
A device comprising:
- a plurality of bit-cells coupled as an array, wherein a bit-cell includes:
- a first switch element;
- a second switch element coupled to the first switch element at a node;
- and
- a memory element coupled to the first switch element and the second switch element at the node;
- and
- wherein the plurality of bit-cells are coupled as the array based on a first bit-cell's memory element being coupled to a second bit-cell's node.
A device comprising:
- a plurality of bit-cells coupled as an array, wherein a bit-cell includes:
- a memory element, wherein the memory element is polarized;
- a first switch element coupled to the memory element at a node;
- and
- a second switch element coupled to the first switch element and the memory element at the node;
- wherein the plurality of bit-cells are coupled as the array based on a first bit-cell's memory element being coupled to a second bit-cell's node;
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- wherein the array includes a plurality of memory elements of alternating polarity between bit-cells.
A method of operating a plurality of bit-cells coupled as an array, a bit-cell including a node to join a memory element, a first switch element, and a second switch element, the method comprising:
- switching a first bit-cell's first switch element, wherein the first bit-cell's first switch element is coupled to the first bit-cell's memory element at the first bit-cell's node;
- switching a second bit-cell's second switch element, to establish a set current path along the first bit-cell's memory element through the first bit-cell's first switch element and the second bit-cell's second switch element, wherein the second bit-cell's second switch element is coupled to the first bit-cell's memory element at the second bit-cell's node;
- switching the second bit-cell's first switch element, wherein the second bit-cell's first switch element is coupled to the first bit-cell's memory element and the second bit-cell's second switch element at the second bit-cell's node;
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- switching the first bit-cell's second switch element, to establish a reset current path along the first bit-cell's memory element through the second bit-cell's first switch element and the first bit-cell's second switch element, wherein the first bit-cell's second switch element is coupled to the first bit-cell's first switch element and memory element at the first bit-cell's node.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.