Static information storage and retrieval – Addressing – Particular decoder or driver circuit
Patent
1997-09-19
2000-03-07
Nelms, David
Static information storage and retrieval
Addressing
Particular decoder or driver circuit
36518907, 36518911, G11C 800
Patent
active
060349131
ABSTRACT:
Improved techniques for driving wordlines of a semiconductor memory device are described. Accordingly to the invention, a wordline 402 is driven by a wordline driver 406 at a first end and then provided with a small amount of additional circuitry 442 at the other end of the wordline. When the additional circuitry senses that the wordline is beginning to transition to an active state, the additional circuitry operates to assist or accelerate the transition of the wordline to the active state. Accordingly, the invention operates to rapidly transition wordlines to an active state while using only minimal amounts of die area. The invention is particularly well suited for dynamic random access memories.
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Braden Stanton C.
Nelms David
Nguyen Tuan T.
Siemens Microelectronics, Inc.
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