Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Row decoder for a non-volatile memory device, and non-volatile memory device
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Application No.: US15140770Application Date: 2016-04-28
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Publication No.: US09679655B2Publication Date: 2017-06-13
- Inventor: Salvatore Polizzi , Giovanni Campardo
- Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.r.l
- Applicant Address: IT Agrate Brianza
- Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
- Current Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
- Current Assignee Address: IT Agrate Brianza
- Agency: Slater Matsil, LLP
- Priority: IT102015000046618 20150826
- Main IPC: G11C16/08
- IPC: G11C16/08 ; G11C16/10 ; G11C16/32

Abstract:
A non-volatile memory device includes a memory array having memory cells arranged in wordlines and receiving a supply voltage. A row decoder includes an input and pre-decoding module, which is configured to receive address signals and generate pre-decoded address signals at low voltage, in the range of the supply voltage. A driving module is configured to generate biasing signals for biasing the wordlines of the memory array starting from decoded address signals, which are a function of the pre-decoded address signals, at high voltage and in the range of a boosted voltage higher than the supply voltage. A processing module is configured to receive the pre-decoded address signals and to jointly execute an operation of logic combination and an operation of voltage boosting of the pre-decoded address signals for generation of the decoded address signals.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170062055A1 Row Decoder for a Non-Volatile Memory Device, and Non-Volatile Memory Device Public/Granted day:2017-03-02
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