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Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2024

Filed:

Apr. 01, 2022
Applicant:

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

Inventor:

Toshiyuki Sato, Asaka, JP;

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/00 (2006.01); G11C 11/4076 (2006.01); G11C 11/408 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/4085 (2013.01); G11C 11/4076 (2013.01); G11C 11/4087 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus includes a subword driver configured to drive a subword line, wherein the subword driver includes a transistor coupled to the subword line, a word driver control circuit configured to provide a first control signal and a second control signal, and a word driver configured to receive the first and second control signals, and based on the first control signal provide a driving signal including a plurality of reset pulses to the transistor of the subword driver to activate the transistor a corresponding plurality of times to discharge the subword line, and further provide the driving signal including a transition following the plurality of reset pulses to activate the transistor to further discharge the subword line.


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