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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2023
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Guangyuan Li, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Qinghua Zhao, San Carlos, CA (US);
Sudarshan Narayanan, San Jose, CA (US);
Yuji Totoki, Milpitas, CA (US);
Fumiaki Toyama, Cupertino, CA (US);
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A non-volatile memory includes a plurality of word lines connected to non-volatile memory cells, a plurality of driver lines configured to carry one or more word line voltages, and a plurality of word line switches that selectively connect the driver lines to the word lines. To more efficiently utilize space on the die, the word line switches are arranged in a plurality of three dimensional stacks such that each stack of the plurality of stacks comprises multiple word line switches vertically stacked.