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Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2019

Filed:

Oct. 13, 2017
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Timothy M. Hollis, Meridian, ID (US);

Dragos Dimitriu, Boise, ID (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/22 (2006.01); G11C 11/4074 (2006.01); G11C 11/4076 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/4074 (2013.01); G11C 7/22 (2013.01); G11C 11/4076 (2013.01);
Abstract

Apparatuses and methods for providing additional drive to multilevel signals representing data are described. An example apparatus includes a first driver section, a second driver section, and a third driver section. The first driver section is configured to drive an output terminal toward a first selected one of a first voltage and a second voltage. The second driver section configured to drive the output terminal toward a second selected one of the first voltage and the second voltage. The third driver section configured to drive the output terminal toward the first voltage when each of the first selected one and the second selected one is the first voltage. The third driver circuit is further configured to be in a high impedance state when the first selected one and the second selected one are different from each other.


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