Invention Application
- Patent Title: Row selection circuit for fast memory devices
- Patent Title (中): 用于快速存储器件的行选择电路
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Application No.: US09745286Application Date: 2000-12-21
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Publication No.: US20010024131A1Publication Date: 2001-09-27
- Inventor: Raffaele Solimene
- Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.r.I
- Applicant Address: IT Agrate Brianza
- Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.I
- Current Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.I
- Current Assignee Address: IT Agrate Brianza
- Priority: ITVA/99/A/0037 19991221
- Main IPC: H03K005/19
- IPC: H03K005/19

Abstract:
The selection/deselection circuit is for non-volatile memory word lines having a decoding line connected between a supply voltage and ground, and including a series of decoding transistors of the same conductivity controlled by respective selection signals and at least a load transistor whose conductivity is opposite to the conductivity of the decoding transistors in series with the series of transistors and biased by a control voltage. The load transistor produces an activating or deactivating voltage of a memory word line, and a circuit for controlling the load transistor is provided. Such an auxiliary control circuit includes a sensing element in series with the decoding transistors and the load transistor for producing a sensing signal switching between a first value when only one memory line is actually selected and a second value when multiple memory word lines appear to be simultaneously selected. Also, an inverter receives the sensing signal and outputs a first signal. A high pass filter receives the first signal and produces a control transient voltage for transitorily bringing the load transistor to a state of full conduction when the sensing signal switches from the first value to the second value.
Public/Granted literature
- US06442072B2 Row selection circuit for fast memory devices Public/Granted day:2002-08-27
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