发明名称 |
Memory row driver with parasitic diode pull-down function |
摘要 |
An integrated circuit memory array has a plurality of rows of memory cells, each row of memory cells being coupled to a respective row line for enabling the memory cells of the row. A row driver of the memory array provides a row voltage on the row line. A pull-up transistor of the row driver pulls up the row voltage in response to a row control signal. A parasitic diode of the pull-up transistor is coupled at its anode to the row line and is adapted to pull the row voltage down from a high state voltage to a diode drop voltage plus a low state voltage in response an enable block signal coupled to the cathode of the parasitic diode. A pull-down transistor of the row driver also pulls down the row voltage in response to the row control signal.
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申请公布号 |
US6084804(A) |
申请公布日期 |
2000.07.04 |
申请号 |
US19990304888 |
申请日期 |
1999.05.04 |
申请人 |
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. |
发明人 |
MCPARTLAND, RICHARD JOSEPH |
分类号 |
G11C8/08;(IPC1-7):G11C7/00 |
主分类号 |
G11C8/08 |
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