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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2020
Filed:
May. 31, 2019
Applicant:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Inventor:
Gregg D. Wolff, Boise, ID (US);
Assignee:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/22 (2006.01); G11C 7/12 (2006.01); G06F 12/0802 (2016.01); G11C 8/08 (2006.01); G11C 11/408 (2006.01); G11C 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/22 (2013.01); G06F 12/0802 (2013.01); G11C 7/12 (2013.01); G11C 8/08 (2013.01); G11C 11/4085 (2013.01); G11C 29/00 (2013.01); G06F 2212/60 (2013.01);
Abstract
Cache mode for word lines where the cache mode utilizes an internal timer for a memory cell to disable connection of a voltage to a transistor of a word line driver of the memory cell before an end of a specified end of period. By early disconnection, the local controls of the memory cell may provide additional time to settle after disconnection of the voltage without interfering with operations (e.g., read, write, activate) of the memory cell, since the internal timer may be programmed to be greater than or equal to a worst case scenario for the operations.