Voltage regulator circuit for a semiconductor memory device

摘要

A word line voltage generating circuit has a high voltage generator for generating a high voltage is response to an activation signal. In addition it has a regulator circuit that includes two successive regulators. The first regulator receives the high voltage and outputs an intermediate voltage in response to a reference voltage and the activation signal. The first regulator receives the reference voltage, and adjusts the high voltage to deliver a word line voltage. The second stage includes has a depletion-type NMOS transistor, which can clamp the high voltage to a voltage of a required level.