Redundant wordline deactivation scheme

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2005-09-29

2008-07-29

Luu, Pho M. (Department: 2824)

Static information storage and retrieval

Read/write circuit

Precharge

C365S185090, C365S185230, C365S185250

Reexamination Certificate

active

07405986

ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for reducing power consumption of a memory device. The method includes initiating a precharge operation. The precharge operation includes driving one or more bitlines to a precharge voltage. The method also includes identifying one or more defective wordlines and, during the precharge operation, driving the identified defective word lines to the precharge voltage.

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