Static information storage and retrieval – Addressing – Particular decoder or driver circuit
Reexamination Certificate
2006-08-01
2008-08-26
Phan, Trong (Department: 2827)
Static information storage and retrieval
Addressing
Particular decoder or driver circuit
C365S185230, C365S063000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07417916
ABSTRACT:
Memory devices configured to reduce coupling noise between adjacent wordlines in a memory array. More specifically, wordline drivers are interleaved such that adjacent wordlines are driven by wordline drivers enabled by different row decoders. Each wordline driver includes a weak transistor to ground and a strong transistor to ground. By disabling the wordline driver on the wordlines directly adjacent to the active wordlines, a path is provided to drive the coupling noise from the active wordline to ground through the strong transistor.
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Gum Jeremy J.
Ingalls Charles L.
Kim Tae H.
Kirsch Howard C.
Micro)n Technology, Inc.
Phan Trong
Yoder Fletcher
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