US Patent 7577015 Memory content inverting to minimize NTBI effects

In general, in one aspect, the disclosure describes an apparatus that includes a memory device having a plurality of memory cells. An inverter is used to invert data and tag information destined for the memory device. A register is used to capture the inverted data and tag information. A write inverted value logic is used to determine when to enable writing the inverted data and tag information from the register to the memory device. When inverted data and tag information is written to a memory cell the memory cell is invalidated.