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Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2018

Filed:

Aug. 30, 2017
Applicant:

Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);

Inventors:

Thanh K. Mai, Allen, TX (US);

Gary Howe, Plano, TX (US);

Assignee:

Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/00 (2006.01); G11C 16/08 (2006.01); G11C 11/406 (2006.01); G11C 11/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/08 (2013.01); G11C 11/161 (2013.01); G11C 11/40603 (2013.01);
Abstract

A semiconductor device may include a plurality of memory banks, a plurality of mode registers that may control an operational mode associated with each of the plurality of memory banks, and a set of global wiring lines coupled to each of the plurality of mode registers. The set of global wiring lines may include a first global wiring line to transmit data to each of the plurality of mode registers, a second global wiring line to transmit an address signal to each of the plurality of mode registers, a third global wiring line to transmit a read command signal to each of the plurality of mode registers, and a fourth global wiring line to transmit a write command signal to each of the plurality of mode registers.


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